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♂ Arthur Edgar Wright
aliasArthur Wright
Record
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Presbyterian     
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Manitoba 3 0 3
Birth 8 November 1907 → 116 years + 6 months ago
Lived 69 years + 6 months
First mandate 16 June 1958 → 65 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 50 years + 7 months
Death 19 May 1977 → 46 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death 10 years + 10 months after 22 June 1966
Special notes
None
 
Arthur Edgar Wright (1907–1977)
© Photo Legislative Library, Manitoba via the Manitoba Historical Society — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
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Election or appointment outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate ✗
Legis. Council ✗
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Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve West Kildonan (1954–1958)
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 0 4 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Jack M. Chapman  m 
 		 ⊖ Cecil J.H. Lyon  m 
 
Eligible: 12,402 Votes: 6,666 Participation: 53.75% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
25		 Manitoba
16 June 1958
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 37674(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
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 → New to this legislature
Age
50
CCF
 1/3 3,641 54.91% +2,100 Loser:
PC
 1,541 23.24% Maurice Gutnik

Service: 10 months 27 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 13,037 Votes: 7,279 Participation: 55.83% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
26		 Manitoba
14 May 1959
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 37731(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
CCF
 1/3 3,889 53.98% +1,916 Loser:
PC
 1,973 27.38% Charles Nye

Service: 3 years 6 months 29 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 14,564 Votes: 7,371 Participation: 50.61% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
27		 Manitoba
14 December 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 37793(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
55
NDP
 1/3 3,095 42.22% +460 Loser:
PC
 2,635 35.95% Jack M. Chapman

Service: 3 years 6 months 8 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 15,424 Votes: 9,974 Participation: 64.67% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
28		 Manitoba
23 June 1966
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 13859(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
58		 Successor:
NDP
 5,295 53.48% Saul A. Miller

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Wright, Arthur Edgar		 12 May 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Wright, Arthur Edgar		 12 May 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
Arthur Edgar Wright (1907-1977)		 12 May 2024
EN Wikipedia
Arthur E. Wright		 12 May 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 12 May 2024 17:10 (but data presented dynamically)

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