Canada's electoral history from 1867 to today

Elmer Elsworth Borstad
aliasElmer Borstad
Record
5929 · 3273

  
Type of record
Elected candidate
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate
Deceased Performance: 100%
 
Alberta 1 0 1
Birth 27 August 1924 → 99 years + 8 months ago
Lived 90 years + 10 months
First mandate 14 March 1979 → 45 years + 2 months ago
↳ at age 54 years + 6 months
Death 18 July 2015 → 8 years + 9 months ago
Exit → Death 32 years + 8 months after 1 November 1982
Special notes
None
 
Elmer Elsworth Borstad (1924–2015)
© Photo Legislative Assembly, Alberta — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Elections or appointments outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf.
Canadian Senate
Legis. Council
Deputy Minister
Auto. Region
Mayor/Reeve Grande Prairie, Alberta (1968–1974)
Mun./Co. Council Grande Prairie, Alberta (1963–1968)
School Board
Blank/Vide

Length of service in elected office within the scope of PoliCan

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: 20,718 Votes: 12,595 Participation: 60.79% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
19
Alberta
14 March 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12921(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
→ New to this legislature
Age
54
PC
1/4 6,313 50.26% +2,933 Loser:
SC
3,380 26.91% Donald (D.L.) Wood

Service:
3 years 7 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 24,639 Votes: 16,444 Participation: 66.74% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
20
Alberta
2 November 1982
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12840(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
58
Successor:
PC
9,555 58.22% C. Robert Elliott

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Elmer E. Borstad
 4 May 2024
EN Wikipedia
Elmer Borstad
 4 May 2024


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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  4 May 2024 15:43 (but data presented dynamically)