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♀ Mary Ruth Polak
aliasMary Polak
Record
50112 · 6166

  
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
British Columbia 4 2 6
Birth c. 1967
Age ± 57 years
First mandate 17 May 2005 → 19 years + 1 day ago
↳ at age ± 38 years
 
Mandate ended 3 years + 6 months ago (23 October 2020)
Special notes
None
 
Mary Ruth Polak (c.1967– )
© Photo 2012 Province of British Columbia — licensed under CC BY 3.0
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Election or appointment outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate ✗
Legis. Council ✗
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Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve ✗
Mun./Co. Council ✗
School Board ✓
Blank/Vide ✗

Length of service in elected office within the scope of PoliCan

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
British Columbia 15 5 4 Z

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 6  
4 documented challengers
⊕ Jagrup Brar  m 
⊕ John Cummins  m 
 		 ⊕ Adriane J. Carr  f 
⊕ Andrew Mercier  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 24,197 Votes: 12,618 Participation: 52.15% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
37		 British Columbia
28 October 2004
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10964(F) — 4 Jul 2023 14:24 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
±37
LIB
 2/6 4,194 33.35% -2,546 Winner:
NDP
 6,740 53.59% Jagrup Brar
Eligible: 40,303 Votes: 24,860 Participation: 61.68% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
38		 British Columbia
17 May 2005
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 8113(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:23 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±38
LIB
 1/5 12,877 52.18% +4,574 Loser:
NDP
 8,303 33.64% Dean Morrison

Service: 3 years 11 months 24 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 42,918 Votes: 23,642 Participation: 55.09% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
39		 British Columbia
12 May 2009
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 8197(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:23 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±42
LIB
 1/3 13,282 56.55% +4,871 Loser:
NDP
 8,411 35.81% Kathleen B. Stephany

Service: 4 years 1 day (Gov't)
Eligible: 46,414 Votes: 27,414 Participation: 59.06% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
40		 British Columbia
14 May 2013
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 8283(F) — 4 Jul 2023 09:30 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±46
LIB
 1/4 14,039 51.44% +6,636 Loser:
NDP
 7,403 27.13% Andrew Mercier

Service: 3 years 11 months 24 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 40,998 Votes: 24,353 Participation: 59.40% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
41		 British Columbia
9 May 2017
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
 NDP  29 Jun 2017
ID: 8366(F) — 4 Jul 2023 21:47 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±50
LIB
 1/5 10,755 44.40% +2,371 Loser:
NDP
 8,384 34.61% Gail Chaddock-Costello
After her election:
29 Jun 2017 ±50
LIB
 →
NDP
 Change of government (became part of opposition)
Service: 3 years 5 months 14 days (Gov't & Oppo.)
Eligible: 44,715 Votes: 23,676 Participation: 52.95% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
42		 British Columbia
24 October 2020
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 35559(F) — 4 Jul 2023 09:30 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
±53
LIB
 2/4 8,014 34.09% -3,075 Winner:
NDP
 11,089 47.17% Andrew Mercier

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
Mary Polak		  1 May 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  1 May 2024 19:24 (but data presented dynamically)

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