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♂ Evelyn Foster Shannon
aliasEv Shannon
Record
56158 · 14621

Protestant     
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Manitoba 2 0 2
Birth 14 September 1896 → 127 years + 8 months ago
Lived 76 years + 4 months
First mandate 27 July 1936 → 87 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 39 years + 10 months
Death 26 January 1973 → 51 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 27 years + 3 months after 14 October 1945
Special notes
None
 
Evelyn Foster (Ev) Shannon (1896-1973)
© Photo Archives of Manitoba 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 ✗
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Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve Transcona, Manitoba (1932–1937)
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 9 2 16 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
1 documented challenger
⊖ George Barefoot  m 
 
 
Eligible: 10,843 Votes: 5,847 Participation: 53.92% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
20		 Manitoba
27 July 1936
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  LIBP  Minority
ID: 37422(F) — 15 Sep 2022 08:12 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
39
LIBP
 1/3 2,442 43.04% +586 Loser:
SC
 1,856 32.71% L.J. Pulfer
After his election:
17 Nov 1940 44
LIBP
 →
LIBP
 Changed allegiance ()
Service: 4 years 8 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 11,411 Votes: 6,017 Participation: 52.73% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
21		 Manitoba
22 April 1941
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  COAL  Majority
ID: 37468(F) — 16 Sep 2022 18:51 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
44
LIBP
 1/4 2,061 35.23% +275 Loser:
ACSC
 1,786 30.53% Alexander J.H. McLeod

Service: 4 years 5 months 22 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 12,150 Votes: 6,589 Participation: 54.23% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
22		 Manitoba
15 October 1945
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  COAL  Majority
ID: 37519(F) — 6 Sep 2023 16:52 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
49		 Successor:
CCF
 2,892 44.49% George E. Olive

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Shannon, Evelyn Foster		 28 Apr 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Shannon, Evelyn Foster		 28 Apr 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
Evelyn Foster "Ev" Shannon (1896-1973)		 28 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Evelyn Shannon		 28 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 28 Apr 2024 16:09 (but data presented dynamically)

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