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♂ Thomas Paterson Hillhouse
aliasTommy Hillhouse
Record
27566 · 3773

Anglican   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Manitoba 6 0 6
Birth 25 June 1896 → 127 years + 10 months ago
Lived 95 years + 4 months
First mandate 24 October 1950 → 73 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 54 years + 3 months
Death 27 October 1991 → 32 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 22 years + 4 months after 24 June 1969
Special notes
None
 
Thomas Paterson Hillhouse (1896–1991)
© Photo Legislative Library, Manitoba via the Manitoba Historical Society — 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
Manitoba 18 7 25 Z

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 7  
2 documented challengers
⊖ William "Scottie" Bryce  m 
 		 ⊖ Ernest Draffin  m 
 
Eligible: 7,661 Votes: 4,634 Participation: 60.49% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
23		 Manitoba
24 October 1950
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIBP  Majority
ID: 37578(F) — 10 Oct 2021 19:14 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
54
LIBP
 1/3 2,138 46.14% +829 Loser:
CCF
 1,309 28.25% William E. Gordon

Service: 2 years 7 months 14 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 8,044 Votes: 5,225 Participation: 64.96% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
24		 Manitoba
8 June 1953
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  LIBP  Majority
ID: 37617(F) — 20 Mar 2022 18:45 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
56
LIBP
 1/3 2,938 57.14% +1,572 Loser:
PC
 1,366 26.57% Keith H. Robson

Service: 5 years 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,753 Votes: 4,125 Participation: 71.70% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
25		 Manitoba
16 June 1958
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 37673(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
61
LIBP
 1/4 1,850 45.05% +357 Loser:
PC
 1,493 36.35% David B. Veitch

Service: 10 months 27 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 5,849 Votes: 4,447 Participation: 76.03% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
26		 Manitoba
14 May 1959
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 37730(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
62
LIBP
 1/3 1,814 41.06% +82 Loser:
PC
 1,732 39.20% Ed Foster

Service: 3 years 6 months 29 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 6,324 Votes: 4,290 Participation: 67.84% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
27		 Manitoba
14 December 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 37792(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
66
LIB
 1/3 2,104 49.98% +577 Loser:
PC
 1,527 36.27% Ben Massey

Service: 3 years 6 months 8 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 6,975 Votes: 4,753 Participation: 68.14% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
28		 Manitoba
23 June 1966
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 13858(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
69
LIB
 1/4 1,832 38.76% +40 Loser:
PC
 1,792 37.91% Sydney S. Sarbit

Service: 3 years 1 day (Oppo.)
Eligible: 8,663 Votes: 6,352 Participation: 73.32% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
29		 Manitoba
25 June 1969
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Minority
ID: 13915(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
73		 Successor:
NDP
 3,374 53.39% Howard R. Pawley

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Hillhouse, Thomas Paterson		 17 May 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Hillhouse, Thomas Paterson		 17 May 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
Thomas Paterson "Tommy" Hillhouse (1896-1991)		 17 May 2024
EN Wikipedia
Thomas P. Hillhouse		 17 May 2024

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