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♂ David Alexander Best
aliasDavid Best
Record
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Irish-Canadian    United Church   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Manitoba 1 1 2
Birth 21 November 1880 → 143 years + 5 months ago
Lived 68 years + 2 months
First mandate 22 April 1941 → 83 years + 25 days ago
↳ at age 60 years + 5 months
Death 1 February 1949 → 75 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 3 years + 3 months after 14 October 1945
Special notes
None
 
David Alexander Best (1880–1949)
© Photo Archives of Manitoba via the Manitoba Historical Society — Public domain
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
Manitoba 4 5 22 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
3 documented challengers
⊖ James Aiken  m 
⊖ William C. Ross  m 
 		 ⊖ Ernest Draffin  m 
 
Eligible: 9,768 Votes: 4,368 Participation: 44.72% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
21		 Manitoba
22 April 1941
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  COAL  Majority
ID: 37433(F) — 14 Sep 2022 19:29 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
60
ANTI
 1/2 2,296 53.17% +274 Loser:
CCF
 2,022 46.83% James Aiken

Service: 4 years 5 months 22 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 11,272 Votes: 6,191 Participation: 54.92% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
22		 Manitoba
15 October 1945
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  COAL  Majority
ID: 37484(F) — 17 Sep 2022 07:40 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
64
PC
 2/3 2,778 45.44% -170 Winner:
CCF
 2,948 48.22% Ernest R. Draffin

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Best, David Alexander		 16 May 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Best, David Alexander		 16 May 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
David Alexander Best (1880-1949)		 16 May 2024
EN Wikipedia
David Best (politician)		 16 May 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 16 May 2024 20:54 (but data presented dynamically)

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