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♂ Gordon H. Aiken
aliasGordon H. Aiken
Record
316 · 136

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 6 0 6
Birth 26 September 1918 → 105 years + 7 months ago
Lived 81 years + 4 months
First mandate 10 June 1957 → 66 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 38 years + 8 months
Death 12 February 2000 → 24 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 27 years + 3 months after 29 October 1972
Special notes
None
 
Gordon H. Aiken (1918–2000)
© Photo 1968 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 15 4 14

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 7  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Jim Jordan  m 
 
 
Eligible: 30,762 Votes: 24,394 Participation: 79.30% Candidacies: 2
Federal
23		 Ontario
10 June 1957
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24088(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
38
PC
 1/2 14,014 57.97% +3,853 Loser:
LIB
 10,161 42.03% Gerald M. Taylor

Service: 9 months 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 30,762 Votes: 24,135 Participation: 78.46% Candidacies: 3
Federal
24		 Ontario
31 March 1958
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 24354(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
39
PC
 1/3 14,888 61.69% +8,055 Loser:
LIB
 6,833 28.31% Earl McDonald

Service: 4 years 2 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 25,598 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
25		 Ontario
18 June 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24631(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
PC
 1/3 13,135 51.31% +3,489 Loser:
LIB
 9,646 37.68% Jim Jordan

Service: 9 months 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 25,932 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
26		 Ontario
8 April 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 24895(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
44
PC
 1/4 12,132 46.78% +1,534 Loser:
LIB
 10,598 40.87% Gerald M. Taylor

Service: 2 years 6 months 30 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 31,769 Votes: 22,652 Participation: 71.30% Candidacies: 3
Federal
27		 Ontario
8 November 1965
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 25164(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
PC
 1/3 11,777 52.41% +4,855 Loser:
LIB
 6,922 30.80% Charles Barnett

Service: 2 years 7 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 25,235 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
28		 Ontario
25 June 1968
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10008(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
49
PC
 1/3 12,045 47.73% +2,423 Loser:
LIB
 9,622 38.13% Gerald M. Taylor

Service: 4 years 4 months 4 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 39,844 Votes: 30,108 Participation: 75.56% Candidacies: 3
Federal
29		 Ontario
30 October 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 10263(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
54		 Successor:
PC
 14,297 47.49% Stan Darling

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Gordon Harvey Aiken, Q.C., M.P.		  3 Feb 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Gordon Harvey Aiken, c.r., député		  3 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Gordon Aiken		  3 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
Gordon Aiken		  3 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  3 Feb 2024 12:47 (but data presented dynamically)

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