Canada's electoral history from 1867 to today

René John Soetens
aliasRené Soetens
Record
57941 · 1495

Dutch-Canadian     
Type of record
Elected candidate
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate
Not in office Performance: 33%
 
Canada 1 2 3
Birth 7 September 1948
Age 76 years + 1 month
1st mandate 21 November 1988 → 35 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 40 years + 2 months
 
Mandate end 31 years + 7 days ago (24 October 1993)
Special notes
None
 
René John Soetens (1948– )
© Photo 1988 House of Commons (Canada) — Fair use
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Election or appointment outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf.
Canadian Senate
Legis. Council
Deputy Minister
Auto. Region
Mayor/Reeve
Mun./Cty Co. Ajax, Ontario (1980–1988)
School Board
Blank/Vide

Length of service in elected office within the scope of PoliCan

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 4 11 2

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
4 documented challengers
Mark Holland  m 
John Roberts  m 
 
Dan McTeague  m 
Jim Wiseman  m 
 
Ontario
Elig. inc. Votes: 71,443 Partic.: inc. Can.: 5
Federal
34
Ontario
21 November 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3603(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
→ New to Parliament
Age
40
PC
1/5 34,969 48.95% +11,878 Loser:
LIB
23,091 32.32% John M. Roberts

Service:
4 years 11 months 3 days (Gov't)
Ontario
Elig. 127,661 Votes: 89,933 Partic.: 70.45%
 !!! 
Can.: 11
Federal
35
Ontario
25 October 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3295(F) — 10 Nov 2021 17:51 ET
Defeated incumbent →
Age
45
PC
3/11 16,872 18.91% -21,808 Winner:
LIB
38,680 43.35% Daniel P. McTeague
Ajax—Pickering
Elig. 71,583 Votes: 43,791 Partic.: 61.18% Can.: 4
Federal
38
Ontario
28 June 2004
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 1064(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
Failed comeback to Parliament
Age
55
CPC
2/4 14,666 33.63% -7,040 Winner:
LIB
21,706 49.77% Mark Holland

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
René John Soetens, M.P.
 7 Sep 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
René John Soetens, député
 7 Sep 2024
EN Wikipedia
René Soetens
 7 Sep 2024
FR Wikipédia
René Soetens
 7 Sep 2024


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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  7 Sep 2024 04:54 (but data presented dynamically)