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♂ Charles Avery Dunning
aliasCharles Avery Dunning
Record
17756 · 5429

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 89%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 4 1 5
Saskatchewan 4 0 4
Total 8 1 9
Birth 31 July 1885 → 138 years + 9 months ago
Lived 73 years + 2 months
First mandate 13 November 1916 → 107 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 31 years + 3 months
Death 1 October 1958 → 65 years + 7 months ago
Exit → Death 18 years + 6 months after 25 March 1940
Special notes
None
 
Charles Avery Dunning (1885–1958)
© Photo — Public domain
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 8 6 7
Saskatchewan 9 3 10 Z
TOTAL 17 9 17

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. SK 5–6
LIB
 1 Party leader 36–40 01 Apr 1922 — 24 Feb 1926 3 10 23
2. SK 5–6
LIB
 1 Premier 36–40 05 Apr 1922 — 25 Feb 1926 3 10 20
3. CA 15
LIB
 1 Minister 40 01 Mar 1926 — 28 Jun 1926 0 3 27
4. CA 16
LIB
 2 Minister 41–44 25 Sep 1926 — 25 Nov 1929 3 2 0
5. CA 16
LIB
 1 Minister 44–45 26 Nov 1929 — 06 Aug 1930 0 8 11
6. CA 16
LIB
 1 Minister 44–45 26 Nov 1929 — 06 Aug 1930 0 8 11
7. CA 16
LIB
 1 Minister 44–45 26 Nov 1929 — 06 Aug 1930 0 8 11
8. CA 16
LIB
 3 ✓ Minister 44 26 Nov 1929 — 29 Dec 1929 0 1 3
9. CA 18
LIB
 2 Minister 50–54 23 Oct 1935 — 05 Sep 1939 3 10 13
10. CA 18
LIB
 2 Minister 50–54 23 Oct 1935 — 05 Sep 1939 3 10 13
11. CA 18
LIB
 2 Minister 50–54 23 Oct 1935 — 05 Sep 1939 3 10 13
 3. Railways and Canals
 4. Railways and Canals
 5. Finance
 6. Receiver General [Finance]
 7. President of the Treasury Board [Finance]
 8. Railways and Canals [Int]
 9. Receiver General [Finance]
10. Finance
11. President of the Treasury Board [Finance]

Electoral history

Races 9  
Path points 11  
2 documented challengers
⊖ John E. Chisholm  m 
 		 ⊖ Franklin W. Turnbull  m 
 
Eligible: 2,060 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
3		 Saskatchewan
13 November 1916
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31182(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
31
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 7 months 12 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 5,131 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
4		 Saskatchewan
26 June 1917
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31208(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
31
LIB
 1/2 3,316 64.63% +1,501 Loser:
CONS
 1,815 35.37% John E. Chisholm

Service: 3 years 11 months 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
5		 Saskatchewan
9 June 1921
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31273(F) — 9 Mar 2022 12:23 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
35
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 3 years 11 months 23 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,227 Votes: 2,929 Participation: 56.04% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
6		 Saskatchewan
2 June 1925
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31352(F) — 9 Mar 2022 13:09 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
39
LIB
 1/2 2,094 71.49% +1,259 Loser:
PROG
 835 28.51% John Flatekval
After his election:
26 Feb 1926 40
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran federally
Service: 8 months 24 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 17,676 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
15		 Saskatchewan
16 March 1926
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
 LC  29 Jun 1926
ID: 22039(F) — 26 Jun 2023 14:26 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
40
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation
After his election:
29 Jun 1926 40
LIB
 →
LC
 Change of government (became part of opposition)
Service: 5 months 28 days (Gov't & Oppo.)
Eligible: 5,227 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
6		 Saskatchewan
25 May 1926
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31438(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
40		 Successor:
LIB
 Acclam. Thomas Waddell
Eligible: 17,676 Votes: 16,917 Participation: 95.71% Candidacies: 2
Federal
16		 Saskatchewan
14 September 1926
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22273(F) — 24 Jan 2022 22:26 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
41
LIB
 1/2 8,916 52.70% +915 Loser:
LC
 8,001 47.30% Andrew G. MacKinnon
After his election:
5 Oct 1926 41
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran in a ministerial by-election
Service: 21 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 17,676 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
16		 Saskatchewan
2 November 1926
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 22296(F) — 11 Oct 2022 20:49 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
41
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 3 years 8 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 30,707 Votes: 25,274 Participation: 82.31% Candidacies: 3
Federal
17		 Saskatchewan
28 July 1930
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 22547(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
44
LIB
 2/3 10,746 42.52% -3,700 Winner:
LC
 14,446 57.16% Franklin W. Turnbull
Eligible: 23,467 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
18		 Prince Edward Island
30 December 1935
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22831(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → Returned to Parliament after hiatus
Age
50
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 4 years 2 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 24,397 Votes: 39,102 Participation: 80.14% Candidacies: 4
Federal
19		 Prince Edward Island
26 March 1940
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23016(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
54		 Successor:
LIB
 10,411 53.25% James L. Douglas

Online biographical references (6)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Canadian Encyclopedia
Charles Avery Dunning		 23 Mar 2024
FR Encyclopédie canadienne
Charles Avery Dunning		 23 Mar 2024
EN Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan, University of Regina
Dunning, Charles Avery (1885-1958)		 23 Mar 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Charles Avery Dunning, P.C.		 23 Mar 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Charles Avery Dunning, C.P.		 23 Mar 2024
EN Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, SELD: Members of the Legislative Assembly
Dunning, Charles Avery 1885 – 1958 (p. 10)		 23 Mar 2024
FR Wikipédia
Charles Avery Dunning		 23 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Charles Avery Dunning		 23 Mar 2024

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