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♂ Peter Knaak
aliasPeter Knaak
Record
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German-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Alberta 1 0 1
Birth 28 October 1942
Age 81 years + 6 months
First mandate 14 March 1979 → 45 years + 2 months ago
↳ at age 36 years + 4 months
 
Mandate ended 41 years + 6 months ago (1 November 1982)
Special notes
None
 
Peter Knaak (1942– )
© 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 3 7 19 Z

Electoral history

Race 1  
Path points 2  
Documented challenger
None
 
 
Eligible: 19,855 Votes: 11,876 Participation: 59.81% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
19		 Alberta
14 March 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12919(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
36
PC
 1/4 6,833 57.62% +4,711 Loser:
NDP
 2,122 17.90% Ted Paszek

Service: 3 years 7 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 27,925 Votes: 18,136 Participation: 64.95% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
20		 Alberta
2 November 1982
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12838(F) — 8 Mar 2022 07:54 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
40		 Successor:
PC
 10,696 59.05% R. Keith Alexander

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Peter Knaak, KC		  5 May 2024
EN Wikipedia
Peter Knaak		  5 May 2024

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