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♂ Russell James Whitson
aliasRussell Whitson
Record
65078 · 8447

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Alberta 1 1 2
Birth 23 September 1914 → 109 years + 7 months ago
Lived 81 years + 7 months
First mandate 29 June 1955 → 68 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 40 years + 9 months
Death 29 April 1996 → 28 years ago
Exit → Death 36 years + 10 months after 17 June 1959
Special notes
None
 
Russell James Whitson (1914–1996)
© Photo Legislative Assembly, Alberta — 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
Alberta 3 11 18 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Ashley Cooper  m  (2 runoffs)
 
 
Eligible: 6,692 Votes: 5,047 Participation: 75.42% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
13		 Alberta
29 June 1955
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 28097(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
40
LIB
 1/4 1,728 36.48% -290 Loser:
SC
 2,018 42.60% Ashley H. Cooper

Service: 3 years 11 months 19 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 6,162 Votes: 4,466 Participation: 72.48% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
14		 Alberta
18 June 1959
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 28150(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
44
LIB
 2/4 1,224 27.48% -980 Winner:
SC
 2,204 49.48% Ashley H. Cooper

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Russell J. Whitson		  4 May 2024
EN Wikipedia
Russell Whitson		  4 May 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  4 May 2024 23:48 (but data presented dynamically)

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