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♂ Walter W. Jess
aliasWalter Jess
Record
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German-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Saskatchewan 2 1 3
Birth 13 April 1942
Age 82 years + 1 month
First mandate 21 October 1991 → 32 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 49 years + 6 months
 
Mandate ended 24 years + 8 months ago (15 September 1999)
Special notes
None
 

Walter W. Jess (1942– )
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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 7 10 24 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
2 documented challengers
⊕ John E. Gerich  m 
 		 ⊕ Randy Weekes  m 
 
Eligible: 9,757 Votes: 7,935 Participation: 81.33% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
22		 Saskatchewan
21 October 1991
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 13404(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
49
NDP
 1/3 3,493 44.30% +287 Loser:
PC
 3,206 40.66% John E. Gerich

Service: 3 years 7 months 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 11,017 Votes: 7,558 Participation: 68.60% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
23		 Saskatchewan
21 June 1995
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 13473(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
NDP
 1/3 3,232 42.97% +1,075 Loser:
LIB
 2,157 28.68% Ron Meakin

Service: 4 years 2 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 10,695 Votes: 7,597 Participation: 71.03% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
24		 Saskatchewan
16 September 1999
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Minority
ID: 13524(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
57
NDP
 2/4 2,444 32.38% -1,416 Winner:
SKP
 3,860 51.14% Randall P. Weekes

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, SELD: Members of the Legislative Assembly
Jess, Walter 1942 –  (p. 18)		 13 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Walter Jess		 13 Apr 2024

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