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♂ Arthur Allister MacBain
aliasAl MacBain
Record
37367 · 1421

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 1 2
Birth 4 September 1925 → 98 years + 8 months ago
Lived 77 years + 6 months
First mandate 18 February 1980 → 44 years + 3 months ago
↳ at age 54 years + 5 months
Death 3 April 2003 → 21 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 18 years + 7 months after 3 September 1984
Special notes
None
 
Arthur Allister (Al) MacBain (1925–2003)
© Photo 1980 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 4 6 15

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Jake Froese  m 
 		 ⊕ Rob Nicholson  m 
 
Eligible: 56,021 Votes: 38,809 Participation: 69.28% Candidacies: 5
Federal
32		 Ontario
18 February 1980
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4176(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
54
LIB
 1/5 15,871 41.15% +1,620 Loser:
PC
 14,251 36.95% Jake Froese

Service: 4 years 6 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 58,642 Votes: 41,879 Participation: 71.41% Candidacies: 5
Federal
33		 Ontario
4 September 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3893(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
59
LIB
 3/5 8,219 19.82% -14,633 Winner:
PC
 22,852 55.11% Robert D. Nicholson

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Arthur Allister MacBain, Q.C., M.P.		  8 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Arthur Allister MacBain, c.r., député		  8 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Al MacBain		  8 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Al MacBain		  8 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  8 Apr 2024 22:33 (but data presented dynamically)

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