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♂ Henry Woo
aliasHenry Woo
Record
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Chinese-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Alberta 2 0 2
Birth 18 March 1929 → 95 years + 1 month ago
Lived 85 years + 8 months
First mandate 14 March 1979 → 45 years + 2 months ago
↳ at age 49 years + 11 months
Death 24 November 2014 → 9 years + 5 months ago
Exit → Death 28 years + 6 months after 7 May 1986
Special notes
None
 
Henry Woo (1929–2014)
© 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 7 1 22 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
Documented challenger
None
 
 
Eligible: 17,572 Votes: 10,377 Participation: 59.05% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
19		 Alberta
14 March 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12917(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
49
PC
 1/4 6,285 60.69% +4,603 Loser:
NDP
 1,682 16.24% Jim Denholm

Service: 3 years 7 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 20,400 Votes: 15,358 Participation: 75.28% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
20		 Alberta
2 November 1982
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12859(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
PC
 1/4 8,401 54.76% +4,939 Loser:
NDP
 3,462 22.57% Ted Paszek

Service: 3 years 6 months 5 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 20,713 Votes: 11,305 Participation: 54.58% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
21		 Alberta
8 May 1986
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12776(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
57		 Successor:
PC
 6,377 56.45% Peter Elzinga

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Henry Woo CM		  7 May 2024
EN Wikipedia
Henry Woo		  7 May 2024

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