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♀ Margaret Aitken
aliasMargaret Aitken
Record
349 · 6598

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 3 1 4
Birth 3 July 1908 → 115 years + 10 months ago
Lived 72 years + 4 months
First mandate 10 August 1953 → 70 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 45 years + 1 month
Death 19 November 1980 → 43 years + 5 months ago
Exit → Death 18 years + 5 months after 17 June 1962
Special notes
None
 
Margaret Aitken (1908–1980)
© Photo 1953 House of Commons (Canada) — 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 10 4

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Ralph B. Cowan  m 
 		 ⊖ Charles H. Millard  m 
 
Eligible: 44,859 Votes: 27,545 Participation: 61.40% Candidacies: 3
Federal
22		 Ontario
10 August 1953
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23934(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
45
PC
 1/3 11,157 41.06% +67 Loser:
LIB
 11,090 40.82% Kenneth L. Thompson

Service: 3 years 9 months 30 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 50,059 Votes: 36,007 Participation: 71.93% Candidacies: 4
Federal
23		 Ontario
10 June 1957
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24119(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
48
PC
 1/4 18,449 51.97% +7,598 Loser:
LIB
 10,851 30.57% Kenneth L. Thompson

Service: 9 months 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 50,059 Votes: 39,537 Participation: 78.98% Candidacies: 3
Federal
24		 Ontario
31 March 1958
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 24385(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
49
PC
 1/3 23,723 60.00% +14,166 Loser:
LIB
 9,557 24.17% Elena M. Dacosta

Service: 4 years 2 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 42,576 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
25		 Ontario
18 June 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24662(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
53
PC
 2/4 14,864 34.91% -662 Winner:
LIB
 15,526 36.47% Ralph B. Cowan

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Margaret Aitken, M.P.		  3 Feb 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Margaret Aitken, députée		  3 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Margaret Aitken		  3 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  3 Feb 2024 16:39 (but data presented dynamically)

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