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♂ Edward R. McGill
aliasEdward R. McGill
Record
41278 · 3799

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
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Manitoba 3 0 3
Birth 21 September 1912 → 111 years + 7 months ago
Lived 84 years + 2 months
First mandate 25 June 1969 → 54 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 56 years + 9 months
Death 3 December 1996 → 27 years + 5 months ago
Exit → Death 15 years + 17 days after 16 November 1981
Special notes
None
 
Edward R. McGill (1912–1996)
© Photo Legislative Library, Manitoba via the Manitoba Historical Society — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
McGill was the Manitoba Progressive Conservative MLA for Brandon West from 1969 to 1981. His mild demeanour in the legislature earned him the ironic nickname "Mad Dog McGill."
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Manitoba 12 4 20 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
5 documented challengers
⊖ Henry N. Carroll  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Terry Penton  m 
⊕ James M. Skinner  m 
 		 ⊖ John W. Gross  m 
⊖ Guy Marcel Savoie  m 
 
Eligible: 10,477 Votes: 6,934 Participation: 66.18% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
29		 Manitoba
25 June 1969
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Minority
ID: 13882(F) — 25 Mar 2022 22:21 ET
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 → New to this legislature
Age
56
PC
 1/3 2,814 40.66% +504 Loser:
NDP
 2,310 33.38% James M. Skinner

Service: 4 years 2 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 12,789 Votes: 9,942 Participation: 77.74% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
30		 Manitoba
28 June 1973
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 9184(F) — 29 Jun 2023 22:42 ET
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 Re-elected incumbent
Age
60
PC
 1/3 5,070 51.19% +1,042 Loser:
NDP
 4,028 40.67% Henry N. Carroll

Service: 4 years 3 months 12 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 15,200 Votes: 11,210 Participation: 73.75% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
31		 Manitoba
11 October 1977
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 9241(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
65
PC
 1/4 5,680 50.74% +1,079 Loser:
NDP
 4,601 41.10% Henry N. Carroll

Service: 4 years 1 month 5 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 13,035 Votes: 10,267 Participation: 78.76% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
32		 Manitoba
17 November 1981
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 9298(F) — 20 Mar 2022 22:22 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
69		 Successor:
NDP
 5,069 49.45% Henry N. Carroll

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
McGill, Edward Robert		 15 Mar 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
McGill, Edward Robert		 15 Mar 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
Edward Robert McGill (1912-1996)		 15 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Edward McGill		 15 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
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