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♂ Albert Driedger
aliasAlbert Driedger
Record
17015 · 3832

Mennonite   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Manitoba 6 0 6
Birth 18 January 1936 → 88 years + 3 months ago
Lived 75 years + 6 months
First mandate 11 October 1977 → 46 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 41 years + 8 months
Death 18 July 2011 → 12 years + 9 months ago
Exit → Death 11 years + 9 months after 20 September 1999
Special notes
None
 
Albert Driedger (1936–2011)
© Photo Legislative Assembly, Manitoba via the Manitoba Historical Society — 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
Manitoba 21 11 4 Z

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 7  
1 documented challenger
⊕ Steve Derewianchuk  m 
 
 
Eligible: 8,646 Votes: 6,719 Participation: 77.71% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
31		 Manitoba
11 October 1977
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 9248(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
41
PC
 1/3 3,125 46.52% +972 Loser:
NDP
 2,153 32.05% Steve Derewianchuk

Service: 4 years 1 month 5 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 11,860 Votes: 8,851 Participation: 74.63% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
32		 Manitoba
17 November 1981
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 9305(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
PC
 1/4 4,376 49.61% +356 Loser:
NDP
 4,020 45.58% Paul Dupuis

Service: 4 years 4 months (Oppo.)
Eligible: 12,607 Votes: 9,202 Participation: 72.99% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
33		 Manitoba
18 March 1986
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 9362(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
PC
 1/3 4,758 51.75% +978 Loser:
NDP
 3,780 41.11% Ron Buzahora

Service: 2 years 1 month 7 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 13,035 Votes: 9,432 Participation: 72.36% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
34		 Manitoba
26 April 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 9419(F) — 9 Sep 2023 07:47 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
PC
 1/4 5,027 53.39% +2,412 Loser:
LIB
 2,615 27.77% Martin J. Stadler

Service: 2 years 4 months 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 12,725 Votes: 7,343 Participation: 57.71% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
35		 Manitoba
11 September 1990
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 9497(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
54
PC
 1/4 5,540 75.64% +4,369 Loser:
LIB
 1,171 15.99% Cornelius E. Goertzen

Service: 4 years 7 months 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 13,710 Votes: 8,025 Participation: 58.53% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
36		 Manitoba
25 April 1995
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 9568(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
59
PC
 1/3 5,975 74.99% +4,769 Loser:
LIB
 1,206 15.14% Cornelius E. Goertzen

Service: 4 years 4 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 12,787 Votes: 7,354 Participation: 57.51% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
37		 Manitoba
21 September 1999
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 9625(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
63		 Successor:
PC
 5,708 78.13% James R. Penner

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Driedger, Albert		 10 Feb 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Driedger, Albert		 10 Feb 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
Albert Driedger (1936-2011)		 10 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Albert Driedger		 10 Feb 2024

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