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♂ Sydney Herbert Stewart Thompson
aliasSydney Thompson
Record
61100 · 7906

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 1 2
Birth 23 September 1920 → 103 years + 7 months ago
Lived 77 years + 2 months
First mandate 10 June 1957 → 66 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 36 years + 8 months
Death 26 November 1997 → 26 years + 5 months ago
Exit → Death 39 years + 7 months after 30 March 1958
Special notes
None
 
Sydney Herbert Stewart Thompson (1920–1997)
© Photo 1957 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 0 9 19

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Richmond Hanna  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Terry Nugent  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Floyd Johnson  m 
 
Eligible: 50,546 Votes: 37,107 Participation: 73.41% Candidacies: 4
Federal
23		 Alberta
10 June 1957
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 23962(F) — 17 Oct 2021 17:44 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
36
SC
 1/4 13,124 35.65% +2,393 Loser:
LIB
 10,731 29.15% Richmond F.L. Hanna

Service: 9 months 20 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 50,546 Votes: 42,211 Participation: 83.51% Candidacies: 4
Federal
24		 Alberta
31 March 1958
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 24228(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
37
SC
 2/4 7,270 17.22% -18,615 Winner:
PC
 25,885 61.32% Terence J. Nugent

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Sydney Herbert Stewart Thompson, M.P.		  2 May 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Sydney Herbert Stewart Thompson, député		  2 May 2024
EN Wikipedia
Sydney Herbert Thompson		  2 May 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  2 May 2024 20:46 (but data presented dynamically)

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