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♂ Clarence Mervin Leitch
aliasMerv Leitch
Record
35565 · 3186

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Alberta 3 0 3
Birth 13 January 1926 → 98 years + 4 months ago
Lived 64 years + 5 months
First mandate 30 August 1971 → 52 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 45 years + 7 months
Death 30 June 1990 → 33 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 7 years + 7 months after 1 November 1982
Special notes
None
 
Clarence Mervin (Merv) Leitch (1926–1990)
© Photo Legislative Assembly, Alberta — 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 11 2 0 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
Documented challenger
None
 
 
Eligible: 18,589 Votes: 13,443 Participation: 72.32% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
17		 Alberta
30 August 1971
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 13040(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
45
PC
 1/3 6,791 50.85% +1,288 Loser:
SC
 5,503 41.21% Pat O'Byrne

Service: 3 years 6 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 25,674 Votes: 14,356 Participation: 55.92% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
18		 Alberta
26 March 1975
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12961(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
49
PC
 1/4 10,867 75.82% +9,233 Loser:
LIB
 1,634 11.40% Jack Haggarty

Service: 3 years 11 months 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 20,392 Votes: 11,027 Participation: 54.08% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
19		 Alberta
14 March 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12882(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
PC
 1/4 8,083 73.45% +6,838 Loser:
SC
 1,245 11.31% Albert Downton

Service: 3 years 7 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 15,723 Votes: 9,247 Participation: 58.81% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
20		 Alberta
2 November 1982
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12807(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
56		 Successor:
PC
 6,323 68.77% Gordon W. Shrake

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
C. Mervin Leitch QC		  6 May 2024
EN Wikipedia
Merv Leitch		  6 May 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  6 May 2024 20:13 (but data presented dynamically)

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