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♂ Richard Dykstra
aliasRick Dykstra
Record
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Dutch-Canadian     
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 3 1 4
Birth 10 April 1966
Age 58 years + 6 months
1st mandate 23 January 2006 → 18 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 39 years + 9 months
 
Mandate end 9 years + 13 days ago (18 October 2015)
Special notes
None
 
Richard Dykstra (1966– )
© Photo 2011 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 ✗
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Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve ✗
Mun./Cty Co. St. Catharines, Ontario (1991–1997)
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 9 8 22

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
3 documented challengers
⊕ Chris Bittle  m 
⊕ Walt Lastewka  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊕ Jeff Burch  m 
 
St. Catharines
Elig. 84,967 Votes: 58,030 Partic.: 68.30% Can.: 6
Federal
39		 Ontario
23 January 2006
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Minority
ID: 830(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
39
CPC
 1/6 21,669 37.47% +246 Loser:
LIB
 21,423 37.05% Walter T. Lastewka

Service: 2 years 8 months 20 days (Gov't)
St. Catharines
Elig. 83,836 Votes: 51,305 Partic.: 61.20% Can.: 5
Federal
40		 Ontario
14 October 2008
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Minority
ID: 5880(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
42
CPC
 1/5 23,474 45.90% +8,822 Loser:
LIB
 14,652 28.65% Walter T. Lastewka

Service: 2 years 6 months 17 days (Gov't)
St. Catharines
Elig. 83,475 Votes: 50,500 Partic.: 60.50% Can.: 6
Federal
41		 Ontario
2 May 2011
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Majority
ID: 6420(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
CPC
 1/6 25,571 50.86% +13,598 Loser:
NDP
 11,973 23.82% Mike Williams

Service: 4 years 5 months 16 days (Gov't)
St. Catharines
Elig. 85,377 Votes: 57,834 Partic.: 67.74% Can.: 5
Federal
42		 Ontario
19 October 2015
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7505(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
49
CPC
 2/5 21,637 37.57% -3,233 Winner:
LIB
 24,870 43.18% Christopher J. Bittle

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Mr. Richard Dykstra, M.P.		 10 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Monsieur Richard Dykstra, député		 10 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Rick Dykstra		 10 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Rick Dykstra		 10 Apr 2024

© 2019, 2024 :: PoliCan.ca (Maurice Y. Michaud)
Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 10 Apr 2024 07:45 (but data presented dynamically)

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