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♂ Raymond Mitchell
aliasRay Mitchell
Record
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United Church     
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 40%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Manitoba 2 3 5
Birth 6 October 1897 → 126 years + 7 months ago
Lived 86 years + 8 months
First mandate 10 November 1949 → 74 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 52 years + 1 month
Death 15 June 1984 → 39 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death 26 years after 15 June 1958
Special notes
None
 
Raymond Mitchell (1897–1984)
© Photo Association of Manitoba Municipalities via the Manitoba Historical Society — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Election or appointment outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate ✗
Legis. Council ✗
✗
Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve RM Grandview, Manitoba (1940–1951)
Mun./Co. Council ✗
School Board ✗
Blank/Vide ✗

Length of service in elected office within the scope of PoliCan

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Manitoba 8 7 3 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
5 documented challengers
⊖ A. Keith Alexander  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Everett P. Brown  m 
⊖ Jake Schulz  m 
 		 ⊖ Mike Baryluk  m 
⊖ Stanley Fox  m 
 
Eligible: 4,534 Votes: 3,117 Participation: 68.75% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
21		 Manitoba
22 April 1941
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  COAL  Majority
ID: 37446(F) — 15 Sep 2022 23:44 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
43
LIBP
 2/3 839 27.33% -607 Winner:
SC
 1,446 47.10% Stanley W. Fox
Eligible: 4,120 Votes: 2,909 Participation: 70.61% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
23		 Manitoba
10 November 1949
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  COAL  Majority
ID: 37545(F) — 17 Sep 2022 10:25 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
52
LIBP
 1/2 1,598 55.76% +330 Loser:
CCF
 1,268 44.24% Jacob Schulz
After his election:
19 Aug 1950 52
LIBP
 →
LIBP
 Changed allegiance ()
Service: 3 years 6 months 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,075 Votes: 3,183 Participation: 78.11% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
24		 Manitoba
8 June 1953
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  LIBP  Majority
ID: 37595(F) — 26 Aug 2023 18:25 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
55
LIBP
 1/4 1,069 34.12% +80 Loser:
CCF
 989 31.57% Robert J. Wilson

Service: 5 years 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,274 Votes: 4,642 Participation: 73.99% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
25		 Manitoba
16 June 1958
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 37669(F) — 23 Mar 2022 19:35 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
60
LIBP
 2/3 1,686 36.64% -198 Winner:
PC
 1,884 40.95% A. Keith Alexander
Eligible: 6,300 Votes: 4,880 Participation: 77.46% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
26		 Manitoba
14 May 1959
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 37726(F) — 23 Mar 2022 19:35 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
61
LIBP
 3/3 1,334 27.51% -612 Winner:
PC
 1,946 40.13% A. Keith Alexander

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Mitchell, Raymond		 16 May 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Mitchell, Raymond		 16 May 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
Raymond "Ray" Mitchell (1897-1984)		 16 May 2024
EN Wikipedia
Ray Mitchell		 16 May 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 16 May 2024 21:22 (but data presented dynamically)

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