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♂ Thomas William Chambers
aliasTom Chambers
Record
10234 · 3196

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Alberta 4 0 4
Birth 7 July 1928 → 95 years + 10 months ago
Lived 89 years + 11 months
First mandate 30 August 1971 → 52 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 43 years + 1 month
Death 23 June 2018 → 5 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 32 years + 1 month after 7 May 1986
Special notes
None
 
Thomas William Chambers (1928–2018)
© 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 14 8 4 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Edgar Gerhart  m 
 		 ⊕ Christie Mjolsness  f 
 
Eligible: 15,744 Votes: 11,404 Participation: 72.43% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
17		 Alberta
30 August 1971
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 13059(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
43
PC
 1/3 5,931 52.23% +2,278 Loser:
SC
 3,653 32.17% Edgar H. Gerhart

Service: 3 years 6 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 16,675 Votes: 8,371 Participation: 50.20% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
18		 Alberta
26 March 1975
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12984(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
46
PC
 1/4 5,689 68.17% +4,049 Loser:
NDP
 1,640 19.65% Burke Barker

Service: 3 years 11 months 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 19,483 Votes: 8,947 Participation: 45.92% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
19		 Alberta
14 March 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12905(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
PC
 1/4 5,205 58.47% +3,025 Loser:
NDP
 2,180 24.49% William Kobluk

Service: 3 years 7 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 26,010 Votes: 15,262 Participation: 58.68% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
20		 Alberta
2 November 1982
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12825(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
54
PC
 1/3 8,442 55.38% +2,915 Loser:
NDP
 5,527 36.26% Christine Mjolsness

Service: 3 years 6 months 5 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 22,153 Votes: 10,097 Participation: 45.58% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
21		 Alberta
8 May 1986
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12742(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
57		 Successor:
NDP
 5,114 50.70% Christine Mjolsness

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Thomas W. Chambers		  6 May 2024
EN Wikipedia
Tom Chambers (politician)		  6 May 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  6 May 2024 06:40 (but data presented dynamically)

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