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♂ Howard N. Sheppard
aliasHoward N. Sheppard
Record
56420 · 11473

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 2 1 3
Birth 6 October 1933 → 90 years + 7 months ago
Lived 79 years + 11 months
First mandate 19 March 1981 → 43 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age 47 years + 5 months
Death 16 September 2013 → 10 years + 8 months ago
Exit → Death 26 years + 7 days after 9 September 1987
Special notes
None
 
Howard N. Sheppard (1933–2013)
© Photo Legislative Assembly, Ontario — Fair trade
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
Ontario 6 5 20 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Joan M. Fawcett  f  (2 runoffs)
 
 
Eligible: 44,084 Votes: 28,665 Participation: 65.02% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
32		 Ontario
19 March 1981
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12234(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
47
PC
 1/3 14,727 51.58% +3,614 Loser:
LIB
 11,113 38.92% William Wyatt

Service: 4 years 1 month 12 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 47,175 Votes: 30,129 Participation: 63.87% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
33		 Ontario
2 May 1985
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
 LIB  26 Jun 1985
ID: 12359(F) — 6 Jul 2023 18:14 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
PC
 1/3 14,296 47.67% +1,850 Loser:
LIB
 12,446 41.50% Joan M. Fawcett
After his election:
26 Jun 1985 51
PC
 →
LIB
 Change of government (became part of opposition)
Service: 2 years 4 months 7 days (Gov't & Oppo.)
Eligible: 49,528 Votes: 33,169 Participation: 66.97% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
34		 Ontario
10 September 1987
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 5630(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:22 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
53
PC
 2/5 13,075 39.65% -1,376 Winner:
LIB
 14,451 43.82% Joan M. Fawcett

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Howard Nicholas Sheppard		 21 Feb 2024
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Howard Nicholas Sheppard		 21 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Howard Sheppard		 21 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 21 Feb 2024 19:00 (but data presented dynamically)

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