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♂ David Paul Porter
aliasDavid Paul Porter
Record
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Kaska   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Yukon 2 0 2
Birth 24 November 1953
Age 70 years + 5 months
First mandate 7 June 1982 → 41 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 28 years + 6 months
 
Mandate ended 35 years + 2 months ago (19 February 1989)
Special notes
None
 
David Paul Porter (1953– )
© Photo Legislative Assembly, Yukon — Fair trade
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
Yukon 6 8 13 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Robert J. Fleming  m 
 		 ⊖ Donald Emerson Taylor  m 
 
Eligible: 592 Votes: 489 Participation: 82.60% Candidacies: 3
Territorial
25		 Yukon
7 June 1982
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 27137(F) — 7 Oct 2023 16:21 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
28
NDP
 1/3 225 46.68% +11 Loser:
PC
 214 44.40% Robert J. Fleming

Service: 2 years 11 months 5 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 662 Votes: 568 Participation: 85.80% Candidacies: 4
Territorial
26		 Yukon
13 May 1985
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Minority
ID: 27161(F) — 11 Sep 2022 21:44 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
31
NDP
 1/4 183 32.33% +9 Loser:
ICON
 174 30.74% Donald E. Taylor

Service: 3 years 9 months 6 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 785 Votes: 660 Participation: 84.08% Candidacies: 3
Territorial
27		 Yukon
20 February 1989
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 27179(F) — 28 Feb 2022 10:37 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
35		 Successor:
PC
 298 45.43% John Devries

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
Dave Porter (Canadian politician)		  5 Apr 2024
EN Yukon Legislature Speaks
David Porter		  5 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  5 Apr 2024 00:20 (but data presented dynamically)

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