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♂ Thomas John Bentley
aliasThomas Bentley
Record
4204 · 6577

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 80%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 1 2
Saskatchewan 3 0 3
Total 4 1 5
Birth 3 May 1891 → 133 years ago
Lived 92 years
First mandate 11 June 1945 → 78 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 54 years + 1 month
Death 2 June 1983 → 40 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death 22 years + 11 months after 7 June 1960
Special notes
None
 
Thomas John Bentley (1891–1983)
© Photo 1945 House of Commons (Canada) — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
⊕ Graham D. Sucha (c. 1986–) Great-grand-nephew  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 4 0 15
Saskatchewan 10 6 24 Z
TOTAL 14 7 9

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Royal T. Graham  m 
⊖ Harry B. Whiteside  m 
 		 ⊖ Fernand Larochelle  m 
 
Eligible: 19,137 Votes: 16,519 Participation: 86.32% Candidacies: 3
Federal
20		 Saskatchewan
11 June 1945
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 23358(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
54
CCF
 1/3 7,813 47.30% +1,644 Loser:
LIB
 6,169 37.34% Royal T. Graham

Service: 4 years 15 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 20,492 Votes: 16,218 Participation: 79.14% Candidacies: 3
Federal
21		 Saskatchewan
27 June 1949
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23619(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
58
CCF
 2/3 6,776 42.00% -819 Winner:
LIB
 7,595 47.08% Harry B. Whiteside
Eligible: 9,331 Votes: 7,062 Participation: 75.68% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
11		 Saskatchewan
10 November 1949
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CCF  Majority
ID: 31732(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
58
CCF
 1/3 3,627 51.36% +835 Loser:
LIB
 2,792 39.54% Harold M. Haney

Service: 2 years 7 months (Gov't)
Eligible: 8,143 Votes: 6,686 Participation: 82.11% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
12		 Saskatchewan
11 June 1952
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CCF  Majority
ID: 31775(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
61
CCF
 1/2 3,625 54.22% +564 Loser:
LIB
 3,061 45.78% Hans Loken

Service: 4 years 8 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 8,218 Votes: 7,078 Participation: 86.13% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
13		 Saskatchewan
20 June 1956
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CCF  Majority
ID: 31827(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
65
CCF
 1/3 3,185 45.00% +640 Loser:
LIB
 2,545 35.96% Fernand Larochelle

Service: 3 years 11 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 8,112 Votes: 6,984 Participation: 86.09% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
14		 Saskatchewan
8 June 1960
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CCF  Majority
ID: 31877(F) — 24 Sep 2022 23:59 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
69		 Successor:
CCF
 2,743 39.28% Arthur Kluzak

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Thomas John Bentley, M.P.		  5 May 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Thomas John Bentley, député		  5 May 2024
EN Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, SELD: Members of the Legislative Assembly
Bentley, Thomas John 1891 – 1983 (p. 3)		  5 May 2024
EN Wikipedia
Thomas John Bentley		  5 May 2024

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