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♂ Edward R. Helwer
aliasEdward R. Helwer
Record
26948 · 3898

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 80%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Manitoba 4 1 5
Birth 20 December 1940
Age 83 years + 4 months
First mandate 26 April 1988 → 36 years + 22 days ago
↳ at age 47 years + 4 months
 
Mandate ended 20 years + 11 months ago (2 June 2003)
Special notes
None
 

Edward R. Helwer (1940– )
No image available
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 15 1 2 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
2 documented challengers
⊕ John Bucklaschuk  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Donald G. Forfar  m 
 
Eligible: 12,862 Votes: 9,668 Participation: 75.17% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
33		 Manitoba
18 March 1986
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 9366(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
45
PC
 2/4 3,955 40.98% -951 Winner:
NDP
 4,906 50.83% John M. Bucklaschuk
Eligible: 13,541 Votes: 10,689 Participation: 78.94% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
34		 Manitoba
26 April 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 9423(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
47
PC
 1/4 4,716 44.17% +1,364 Loser:
NDP
 3,352 31.40% John M. Bucklaschuk

Service: 2 years 4 months 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 13,598 Votes: 9,790 Participation: 72.00% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
35		 Manitoba
11 September 1990
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 9480(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
49
PC
 1/3 5,118 52.43% +2,452 Loser:
NDP
 2,666 27.31% Tom Hughes

Service: 4 years 7 months 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 14,758 Votes: 11,079 Participation: 75.07% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
36		 Manitoba
25 April 1995
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 9536(F) — 26 Mar 2022 20:43 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
54
PC
 1/3 5,591 50.65% +1,845 Loser:
NDP
 3,746 33.93% Fran Frederickson

Service: 4 years 4 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 14,948 Votes: 11,651 Participation: 77.94% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
37		 Manitoba
21 September 1999
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 9593(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
58
PC
 1/3 5,488 47.34% +402 Loser:
NDP
 5,086 43.87% Fran Frederickson

Service: 3 years 8 months 12 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 15,809 Votes: 9,758 Participation: 61.72% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
38		 Manitoba
3 June 2003
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 9651(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
62		 Successor:
NDP
 5,500 56.56% Peter Bjornson

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Living
Helwer, Ed		 20 Dec 2023
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés
Helwer, Ed		 20 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
Ed Helwer		 20 Dec 2023

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