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♂ Cyril M. Shelford
aliasCyril M. Shelford
Record
56373 · 13535

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 73%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
British Columbia 8 2 10
Total 8 3 11
Birth 8 April 1921 → 103 years + 1 month ago
Lived 80 years + 7 months
First mandate 12 June 1952 → 71 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 31 years + 2 months
Death 8 November 2001 → 22 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 22 years + 5 months after 9 May 1979
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
British Columbia 23 7 8 Z

Electoral history

Races 11  
Path points 11  
7 documented challengers
⊖ Hartley D. Dent  m 
⊖ Douglas T. Kelly  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ M. Ervin (Jerry) Pringle  m 
⊖ Robert C. Steele  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Frank Howard  m 
⊖ Alexander B. Patterson  m 
⊖ Edward F. Rowland  m 
 
Eligible: 5,514 Votes: 3,780 Participation: 68.55% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
23		 British Columbia
12 June 1952
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Minority
ID: 29751(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
31
SC
 1/4 1,137 31.17% +38 Loser:
LIB
 1,099 30.13% Robert C. Steele

Service: 11 months 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,018 Votes: 3,834 Participation: 76.40% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
24		 British Columbia
10 June 1953
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 29802(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
32
SC
 1/4 1,390 37.99% +245 Loser:
LIB
 1,145 31.29% Robert C. Steele

Service: 3 years 3 months 8 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,093 Votes: 3,169 Participation: 62.22% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
25		 British Columbia
19 September 1956
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 29853(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
35
SC
 1/3 1,685 54.06% +838 Loser:
LIB
 847 27.17% Joseph N. Leslie

Service: 3 years 11 months 23 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,547 Votes: 3,623 Participation: 65.31% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
26		 British Columbia
12 September 1960
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 29901(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
39
SC
 1/4 1,633 45.88% +514 Loser:
CFF
 1,119 31.44% Ivan E. Holmes

Service: 3 years 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,426 Votes: 3,565 Participation: 65.70% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
27		 British Columbia
30 September 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 29946(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
42
SC
 1/4 1,936 55.09% +1,157 Loser:
NDP
 779 22.17% Robert F. Langford

Service: 2 years 11 months 12 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,614 Votes: 3,503 Participation: 62.40% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
28		 British Columbia
12 September 1966
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 29988(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
SC
 1/2 2,337 70.16% +1,343 Loser:
NDP
 994 29.84% Cornelius Bergen

Service: 2 years 11 months 14 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 8,987 Votes: 5,403 Participation: 60.12% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
29		 British Columbia
27 August 1969
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 30045(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
48
SC
 1/3 3,252 61.00% +1,645 Loser:
NDP
 1,607 30.14% Douglas T. Kelly

Service: 3 years 2 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 10,781 Votes: 6,654 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
30		 British Columbia
30 August 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 30093(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
51
SC
 2/4 2,418 36.90% -182 Winner:
NDP
 2,600 39.68% Douglas T. Kelly
Eligible: 49,753 Votes: 35,415 Participation: 71.18% Candidacies: 4
Federal
29		 British Columbia
30 October 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 10153(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
51
SC
 4/4 4,426 12.50% -7,876 Winner:
PC
 12,302 34.74% Alexander B. Patterson
Eligible: 20,090 Votes: 13,868 Participation: 69.03% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
31		 British Columbia
11 December 1975
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 30150(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
54
SC
 1/4 6,863 50.00% +718 Loser:
NDP
 6,145 44.77% Hartley D. Dent

Service: 3 years 4 months 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 22,050 Votes: 15,267 Participation: 69.24% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
32		 British Columbia
10 May 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 30200(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
58
SC
 2/4 7,193 47.84% -368 Winner:
NDP
 7,561 50.29% Frank Howard

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
Cyril Morley Shelford		  8 Sep 2023
FR Wikipédia
Cyril Morley Shelford		  8 Sep 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  8 Sep 2023 07:26 (but data presented dynamically)

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