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♂ Norman A. Cafik
aliasNorman A. Cafik
Record
8703 · 128

Ukrainian-Canadian, Irish-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 3 3 6
Birth 29 December 1928 → 95 years + 4 months ago
Lived 87 years + 9 months
First mandate 25 June 1968 → 55 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 39 years + 5 months
Death 30 September 2016 → 7 years + 7 months ago
Exit → Death 37 years + 4 months after 21 May 1979
Special notes
None
 
Norman A. Cafik (1928–2016)
© Photo 1974 House of Commons (Canada) — 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
Canada 10 10 23

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 30
LIB
 1 Minister of State/responsible 48–50 16 Sep 1977 — 03 Jun 1979 1 8 18
 1. Multiculturalism [Secretary of State of Canada]

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 6  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Thomas S. Fennell  m 
⊖ Michael Starr  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Frank McGee  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 54,158 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
25		 Ontario
18 June 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24626(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
33
LIB
 2/4 16,051 29.64% -7,107 Winner:
PC
 23,158 42.76% Michael Starr
Eligible: inc. Votes: 58,096 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
26		 Ontario
8 April 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 24890(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
34
LIB
 2/3 20,174 34.73% -2,728 Winner:
PC
 22,902 39.42% Michael Starr
Eligible: inc. Votes: 31,669 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
28		 Ontario
25 June 1968
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10000(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
39
LIB
 1/3 13,483 42.57% +2,904 Loser:
PC
 10,579 33.40% Clark T. Muirhead

Service: 4 years 4 months 4 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 52,347 Votes: 42,150 Participation: 80.52% Candidacies: 3
Federal
29		 Ontario
30 October 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 10255(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
LIB
 1/3 16,328 38.74% +4 Loser:
PC
 16,324 38.73% Frank C. McGee

Service: 1 year 8 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 54,783 Votes: 42,440 Participation: 77.47% Candidacies: 3
Federal
30		 Ontario
8 July 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10518(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
LIB
 1/3 20,096 47.47% +4,506 Loser:
PC
 15,590 36.83% Joyce Bowerman

Service: 4 years 10 months 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 64,177 Votes: 50,055 Participation: 78.00% Candidacies: 5
Federal
31		 Ontario
22 May 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 4462(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
50
LIB
 2/5 15,730 31.43% -6,853 Winner:
PC
 22,583 45.12% Thomas S. Fennell

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Norman Augustine Cafik, P.C., M.P.		 22 Feb 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Norman Augustine Cafik, C.P., député		 22 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Norman Cafik		 22 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
Norman Cafik		 22 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 22 Feb 2024 23:43 (but data presented dynamically)

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