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♂ D. Grant Mitchell
aliasD. Grant Mitchell
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Alberta 4 0 4
Birth 19 July 1951
Age 72 years + 9 months
First mandate 8 May 1986 → 38 years + 7 days ago
↳ at age 34 years + 9 months
 
Mandate ended 26 years + 4 days ago (11 May 1998)
Special notes
None
 
D. Grant Mitchell (1951– ) 200x300
© Photo 2016 Senate (Canada) — Fair trade
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
Alberta 12 0 0 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. AB 23–24
LIB
 1 Opposition Leader 43–46 12 Nov 1994 — 20 Apr 1998 3 5 8
2. AB 23–24
LIB
 1 Party leader 43–46 13 Nov 1994 — 17 Apr 1998 3 5 4

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Gerard J.T. van Amerongen  m 
 
 
Eligible: 23,485 Votes: 11,550 Participation: 49.18% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
21		 Alberta
8 May 1986
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12750(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
34
LIB
 1/5 4,913 42.59% +691 Loser:
PC
 4,222 36.60% Gerard J.T. van Amerongen

Service: 2 years 10 months 11 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 25,251 Votes: 14,152 Participation: 56.05% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
22		 Alberta
20 March 1989
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12668(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
37
LIB
 1/3 7,877 55.76% +3,456 Loser:
PC
 4,421 31.29% Joan Majeski

Service: 4 years 2 months 25 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 23,184 Votes: 14,068 Participation: 60.68% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
23		 Alberta
15 June 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12584(F) — 8 Mar 2022 10:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
41
LIB
 1/4 8,931 63.65% +4,754 Loser:
PC
 4,177 29.77% Henry Mah

Service: 3 years 8 months 23 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 21,816 Votes: 12,917 Participation: 59.21% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
24		 Alberta
11 March 1997
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 11033(F) — 8 Mar 2022 10:49 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
45
LIB
 1/5 6,322 49.02% +1,063 Loser:
PC
 5,259 40.78% Michael Mooney
After his election:
11 May 1998 46
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Left provincial politics
Service: 1 year 2 months (Oppo.)
Eligible: 23,071 Votes: 9,406 Participation: 40.77% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
24		 Alberta
17 June 1998
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 11074(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
46		 Successor:
LIB
 5,040 53.58% Nancy J. MacBeth

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
The Honourable D. Grant Mitchell		  9 Dec 2023
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Grant Mitchell, Senator		  9 Dec 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Grant Mitchell, sénateur		  9 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
Grant Mitchell (politician)		  9 Dec 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  9 Dec 2023 10:52 (but data presented dynamically)

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