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♂ K. Walter Davidson
aliasK. Walter Davidson
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
British Columbia 4 0 4
Birth 28 July 1937
Age 86 years + 9 months
First mandate 11 December 1975 → 48 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 38 years + 4 months
 
Mandate ended 32 years + 7 months ago (16 October 1991)
Special notes
None
 
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© Photo Legislative Assembly, British Columbia — 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
British Columbia 15 10 2 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. BC 32–33
SC
 1 Speaker 45–49 13 Sep 1982 — 21 Oct 1986 4 1 8

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Carl O. Liden  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ John L. Savage  m 
 
Eligible: 67,259 Votes: 49,151 Participation: 73.08% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
31		 British Columbia
11 December 1975
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 30127(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
38
SC
 1/5 25,892 53.32% +8,423 Loser:
NDP
 17,469 35.97% Carl O. Liden

Service: 3 years 4 months 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 41,873 Votes: 30,028 Participation: 71.71% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
32		 British Columbia
10 May 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 30177(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
41
SC
 1/4 16,421 55.10% +4,992 Loser:
NDP
 11,429 38.35% Carl O. Liden

Service: 3 years 11 months 24 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 45,895 Votes: 37,074 Participation: 80.78% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
33		 British Columbia
5 May 1983
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 35796(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
SC
 1/5 21,496 58.37% +8,196 Loser:
NDP
 13,300 36.11% Karl H. Moser

Service: 3 years 5 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 46,670 Votes: 72,419 Participation: 77.59% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
34		 British Columbia
22 October 1986
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 35848(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
49
SC
 2/6 20,523 57.25% +6,942 Loser:
NDP
 13,581 37.88% Karl H. Moser

Service: 4 years 11 months 24 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 27,051 Votes: 21,263 Participation: 78.60% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
35		 British Columbia
17 October 1991
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 7871(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
54		 Successor:
NDP
 8,068 38.65% Norm Lortie

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
Walter Davidson (Canadian politician)		  1 Jan 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  1 Jan 2024 21:13 (but data presented dynamically)

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