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♂ Richard T. Potter
aliasRichard T. Potter
Record
50361 · 11478

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 2 0 2
Birth 20 January 1915 → 109 years + 3 months ago
Lived 94 years
First mandate 17 October 1967 → 56 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 52 years + 8 months
Death 16 February 2009 → 15 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 33 years + 4 months after 17 September 1975
Special notes
None
 

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 7 10 30 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
Documented challenger
None
 
 
Eligible: 29,478 Votes: 21,935 Participation: 74.41% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
28		 Ontario
17 October 1967
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14037(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
52
PC
 1/3 11,410 52.23% +4,091 Loser:
LIB
 7,319 33.50% Donald Joss

Service: 4 years 3 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 39,093 Votes: 26,397 Participation: 67.52% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
29		 Ontario
21 October 1971
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14152(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
56
PC
 1/3 15,066 57.36% +7,455 Loser:
LIB
 7,611 28.98% Gerald Weaver

Service: 3 years 10 months 27 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 42,649 Votes: 28,978 Participation: 67.95% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
30		 Ontario
18 September 1975
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 12501(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
60		 Successor:
LIB
 12,440 43.07% Hugh P. O'Neil

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Richard Thomas Potter		 16 Oct 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Richard Thomas Potter		 16 Oct 2023
EN Wikipedia
Richard Potter (Canadian politician)		 16 Oct 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 16 Oct 2023 14:21 (but data presented dynamically)

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