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♂ Sherwin Holger Petersen
aliasSherwin Petersen
Record
49289 · 3478

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
Saskatchewan 2 1 3
Total 2 2 4
Birth 12 May 1953
Age 71 years
First mandate 26 April 1982 → 42 years + 21 days ago
↳ at age 28 years + 11 months
 
Mandate ended 32 years + 6 months ago (20 October 1991)
Special notes
None
 

Sherwin Holger Petersen (1953– )
No image available
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
Saskatchewan 9 5 23 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
4 documented challengers
⊕ Vic Althouse  m 
⊕ Brian M. Fitzpatrick  m 
 		 ⊖ Neil Erland Byers  m 
⊕ Kenneth A. Kluz  m 
 
Eligible: 9,980 Votes: 8,343 Participation: 83.60% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
20		 Saskatchewan
26 April 1982
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 10668(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
28
PC
 1/3 4,330 52.17% +575 Loser:
NDP
 3,755 45.24% Neil E. Byers

Service: 4 years 5 months 23 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 9,885 Votes: 8,136 Participation: 82.31% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
21		 Saskatchewan
20 October 1986
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 10733(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
33
PC
 1/3 4,129 50.97% +564 Loser:
NDP
 3,565 44.01% Ken Folstad

Service: 5 years (Gov't)
Eligible: 8,877 Votes: 7,323 Participation: 82.49% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
22		 Saskatchewan
21 October 1991
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 13386(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
38
PC
 2/3 2,594 35.63% -1,362 Winner:
NDP
 3,956 54.34% Kenneth A. Kluz
Eligible: 42,232 Votes: 30,376 Participation: 71.93% Candidacies: 6
Federal
35		 Saskatchewan
25 October 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3433(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
40
PC
 4/6 3,882 12.81% -5,556 Winner:
NDP
 9,438 31.14% Victor F. Althouse

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, SELD: Members of the Legislative Assembly
Petersen, Sherwin Holger 1953 –  (p. 31)		 12 May 2024
EN Wikipedia
Sherwin Petersen		 12 May 2024
FR Wikipédia
Sherwin Petersen		 12 May 2024

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