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♂ Arthur John Lee
aliasArt Lee
Record
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Chinese-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 20%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 2 3
British Columbia 0 2 2
Total 1 4 5
Birth 30 September 1947
Age 77 years + 1 month
1st mandate 8 July 1974 → 50 years + 3 months ago
↳ at age 26 years + 9 months
 
Mandate end 45 years + 5 months ago (21 May 1979)
Special notes
None
 
Arthur John Lee (1947– )
© Photo 2011 Connormah — licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 4 10 12

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. BC 33
LIB
 1 Party leader 36–40 31 Mar 1984 — 29 Oct 1987 3 6 29

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
8 documented challengers
⊖ Charles Boylan  m 
⊖ Margaret Mitchell  f  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Paddy Neale  m 
⊖ Maurice Rush  m 
 		 ⊖ Grace McCarthy  f 
⊖ Doug Mowat  m 
⊖ Dorothy-Jean O'Donnell  f 
⊖ Bob Williams  m 
 
Vancouver East
Elig. 43,043 Votes: 26,511 Partic.: 61.59% Can.: 5
Federal
30		 British Columbia
8 July 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10429(F) — 13 Jan 2022 07:56 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
26
LIB
 1/5 9,671 36.48% +57 Loser:
NDP
 9,614 36.26% C. Patrick Neale

Service: 4 years 10 months 13 days (Gov't)
Vancouver East
Elig. 51,646 Votes: 32,071 Partic.: 62.10% Can.: 6
Federal
31		 British Columbia
22 May 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 4363(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
31
LIB
 2/6 12,522 39.04% -1,175 Winner:
NDP
 13,697 42.71% Margaret A. Mitchell
Vancouver East
Elig. 51,646 Votes: 32,718 Partic.: 63.35% Can.: 7
Federal
32		 British Columbia
18 February 1980
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4081(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to Parliament
Age
32
LIB
 2/7 12,979 40.01% -1,266 Winner:
NDP
 14,245 43.91% Margaret A. Mitchell
Vancouver East
Elig. 50,982 Votes: 23,530 Partic.: 46.15% Can.: 5
Provincial
33		 British Columbia
8 November 1984
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 35834(F) — 8 Jul 2024 03:50 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature (Party leader)
Age
37
LIB
 2/5 6,287 27.14% -6,570 Winner:
NDP
 12,857 55.50% Robert A. Williams
Vancouver-Little Mountain
Elig. 55,482 Votes: 82,718 Partic.: 74.54%
 !!! 
 Can.: 8
Provincial
34		 British Columbia
22 October 1986
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 35880(F) — 25 Jul 2023 19:03 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature (Party leader)
Age
39
LIB
 5/8 10,627 25.69% -5,335 Winner:
SC
 15,962 38.59% Douglas L. Mowat

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Arthur John (Art) Lee, M.P.		 30 Sep 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Arthur John (Art) Lee, député		 30 Sep 2024
EN Wikipedia
Art Lee		 30 Sep 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 30 Sep 2024 11:51 (but data presented dynamically)

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