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♂ Edward Watson McWhinney
aliasEdward Watson McWhinney
Record
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☆   Australian-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 2 0 2
Birth 19 May 1924 → 99 years + 11 months ago
Lived 91 years
First mandate 25 October 1993 → 30 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 69 years + 5 months
Death 19 May 2015 → 8 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death 14 years + 5 months after 26 November 2000
Special notes
None
 
Edward Watson McWhinney (1924–2015)
© Photo 1997 House of Commons (Canada) — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
Shortly prior to the publication of McWhinney's book in 2005, The Governor General and the Prime Ministers, some medias reported that the former Liberal MP from British Columbia had suggested that a future government of Canada could begin a process of phasing out the monarchy after the eventual demise of Elizabeth II, "quietly and without fanfare by simply failing legally to proclaim any successor to the Queen in relation to Canada." The dean of law at the University of Western Ontario at the time, Ian Holloway, criticized his proposal for its ignorance of provincial input, opining that its implementation "would be contrary to the plain purpose of those who framed our system of government." Elizabeth II died seven years after McWhinney and Charles III was recognized following her death.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 7 1 0

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Dorothy-Jean O'Donnell  f 
 
 
Eligible: 77,987 Votes: 52,027 Participation: 66.71% Candidacies: 13
Federal
35		 British Columbia
25 October 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3202(F) — 1 Feb 2022 10:41 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
69
LIB
 1/13 20,364 39.46% +8,919 Loser:
REF
 11,445 22.18% Bill McArthur

Service: 3 years 7 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 66,299 Votes: 44,922 Participation: 67.76% Candidacies: 7
Federal
36		 British Columbia
2 June 1997
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2901(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
73
LIB
 1/7 18,847 42.14% +6,507 Loser:
REF
 12,340 27.59% Joanne Easdown

Service: 3 years 5 months 24 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 78,664 Votes: 49,826 Participation: 63.34% Candidacies: 8
Federal
37		 British Columbia
27 November 2000
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2597(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
76		 Successor:
LIB
 22,253 44.84% Stephen D. Owen

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Mr. Edward Watson (Ted) McWhinney, Q.C., M.P.		 16 Mar 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Monsieur Edward Watson (Ted) McWhinney, c.r., député		 16 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Ted McWhinney		 16 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 16 Mar 2024 19:49 (but data presented dynamically)

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