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♂ Stephen Henry Lewis
aliasStephen Lewis
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 5 0 5
Birth 11 November 1937
Age 86 years + 5 months
First mandate 25 September 1963 → 60 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 25 years + 10 months
 
Mandate ended 45 years + 5 months ago (10 November 1978)
Special notes
None
 
Stephen Henry Lewis (1937– )
© Photo 2012 AIDS-Free World — licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0
Family ties with other documented individuals
⊕ Avram D. (Avi) Lewis (c. 1967–) Son  
⊖ David Lewis (1909–1981) Father  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Ontario 15 1 11 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. ON 28–31
NDP
 1 Party leader 32–40 04 Oct 1970 — 04 Feb 1978 7 4 0
2. ON 30
NDP
 1 Opposition Leader 37–39 18 Sep 1975 — 08 Jun 1977 1 8 21

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Frank J. Faubert  m 
 		 ⊖ Reginald F. Stackhouse  m 
 
Eligible: 39,086 Votes: 24,705 Participation: 63.21% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
27		 Ontario
25 September 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 35520(F) — 24 Dec 2022 17:11 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
25
NDP
 1/4 10,641 43.47% +2,471 Loser:
PC
 8,170 33.38% Joseph Krol

Service: 4 years 21 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 40,109 Votes: 27,719 Participation: 69.11% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
28		 Ontario
17 October 1967
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14047(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
29
NDP
 1/3 13,225 48.12% +4,821 Loser:
PC
 8,404 30.58% Reginald F. Stackhouse

Service: 4 years 3 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 45,948 Votes: 33,770 Participation: 73.50% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
29		 Ontario
21 October 1971
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14163(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
33
NDP
 1/3 13,092 38.96% +170 Loser:
PC
 12,922 38.45% Richard Kirkup

Service: 3 years 10 months 27 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 39,456 Votes: 27,698 Participation: 70.20% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
30		 Ontario
18 September 1975
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 12511(F) — 1 Oct 2021 15:00 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
37
NDP
 1/4 15,815 57.39% +8,603 Loser:
PC
 7,212 26.17% Sydney Brown

Service: 1 year 8 months 21 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 38,994 Votes: 24,884 Participation: 63.81% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
31		 Ontario
9 June 1977
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 12140(F) — 26 Feb 2022 13:41 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
39
NDP
 1/5 13,350 54.03% +6,444 Loser:
PC
 6,906 27.95% Kenneth Timney
After his election:
10 Nov 1978 40
NDP
 →
Vac.
 Left provincial politics
Service: 1 year 5 months 1 day (Oppo.)
Eligible: 38,994 Votes: 16,507 Participation: 42.33% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
31		 Ontario
5 April 1979
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 32596(F) — 5 Nov 2022 19:00 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
41		 Successor:
NDP
 6,981 42.29% Richard F. Johnston

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Stephen Henry Lewis		 27 Apr 2024
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Stephen Henry Lewis		 27 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Stephen Lewis		 27 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Stephen Lewis		 27 Apr 2024

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