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♂ David W. Groos
aliasDavid W. Groos
Record
24780 · 42

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 3 3 6
Birth 20 April 1918 → 106 years ago
Lived 57 years + 8 months
First mandate 8 April 1963 → 61 years + 25 days ago
↳ at age 44 years + 11 months
Death 12 January 1976 → 48 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 3 years + 2 months after 29 October 1972
Special notes
None
 

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
Canada 9 6 20

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 6  
3 documented challengers
⊖ George L. Chatterton  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Allan B. McKinnon  m 
 		 ⊖ F. George J. Hahn  m 
 
Eligible: 35,937 Votes: 27,642 Participation: 76.92% Candidacies: 5
Federal
24		 British Columbia
29 May 1961
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 24493(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
43
LIB
 2/5 8,010 28.98% -544 Winner:
PC
 8,554 30.95% George L. Chatterton
Eligible: inc. Votes: 33,216 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
25		 British Columbia
18 June 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24519(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
44
LIB
 2/4 10,566 31.81% -2,046 Winner:
PC
 12,612 37.97% George L. Chatterton
Eligible: inc. Votes: 43,460 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Federal
26		 British Columbia
8 April 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 24799(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
44
LIB
 1/5 15,040 34.61% +1,538 Loser:
PC
 13,502 31.07% Eric Charman

Service: 2 years 6 months 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 43,710 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Federal
27		 British Columbia
8 November 1965
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 25068(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
LIB
 1/5 13,930 31.87% +1,442 Loser:
PC
 12,488 28.57% Clifford Waite

Service: 2 years 7 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 41,919 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
28		 British Columbia
25 June 1968
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 9912(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
LIB
 1/4 18,401 43.90% +4,823 Loser:
PC
 13,578 32.39% Eric Charman

Service: 4 years 4 months 4 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 63,079 Votes: 48,108 Participation: 76.27% Candidacies: 6
Federal
29		 British Columbia
30 October 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 10169(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
54
LIB
 2/6 12,264 25.49% -10,578 Winner:
PC
 22,842 47.48% Allan B. McKinnon

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
David Walter Groos, M.P.		 09 Aug 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
David Walter Groos, député		 09 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
David Groos		 09 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  9 Aug 2023 21:14 (but data presented dynamically)

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