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♂ Jacob W. Erb
aliasJacob W. Erb
Record
18774 · 9153

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 80%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Saskatchewan 4 1 5
Birth 16 January 1909 → 115 years + 4 months ago
Lived 80 years + 11 months
First mandate 24 June 1948 → 75 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 39 years + 5 months
Death 1 January 1990 → 34 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 25 years + 8 months after 21 April 1964
Special notes
None
 

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
Saskatchewan 15 9 24 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Henry Harold Peter Baker  m 
⊖ Walter Edmund Smishek  m 
 		 ⊖ Cyril Pius MacDonald  m 
 
Eligible: 7,163 Votes: 6,186 Participation: 86.36% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
11		 Saskatchewan
24 June 1948
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CCF  Majority
ID: 31701(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
39
CCF
 1/3 2,803 45.31% +440 Loser:
LIPC
 2,363 38.20% Lionel Aston

Service: 3 years 11 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 7,767 Votes: 6,891 Participation: 88.72% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
12		 Saskatchewan
11 June 1952
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CCF  Majority
ID: 31757(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
CCF
 1/3 3,558 51.63% +576 Loser:
LIB
 2,982 43.27% John M. Heffley

Service: 4 years 8 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 7,386 Votes: 6,452 Participation: 87.35% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
13		 Saskatchewan
20 June 1956
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CCF  Majority
ID: 31808(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
CCF
 1/3 2,839 44.00% +429 Loser:
LIB
 2,410 37.35% Bernard Murphy

Service: 3 years 11 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,588 Votes: 5,887 Participation: 89.36% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
14		 Saskatchewan
8 June 1960
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CCF  Majority
ID: 31858(F) — 27 Oct 2023 21:57 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
CCF
 1/4 2,397 40.72% +238 Loser:
LIB
 2,159 36.67% Cyril P. MacDonald
After his election:
3 Aug 1961 52
CCF
 →
NCCF
 Changed allegiance (remained in government)
1 Jun 1962 53
NCCF
 →
LIB
 Changed allegiance (joined opposition)
Service: 3 years 10 months 13 days (Gov't & Oppo.)
Eligible: 24,884 Votes: 38,315 Participation: 76.99% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
15		 Saskatchewan
22 April 1964
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31920(F) — 25 Sep 2022 11:59 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
55
LIB
 4/6 8,060 42.07% -335 Winner:
NCCF
 8,395 43.82% Walter E. Smishek

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, SELD: Members of the Legislative Assembly
Erb, Jacob Walter 1909 – 1990 (p. 11)		 27 Oct 2023
EN Wikipedia
Jacob Walter Erb		 27 Oct 2023
FR Wikipédia
Jacob Walter Erb		 27 Oct 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 27 Oct 2023 21:57 (but data presented dynamically)

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