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♂ Werner George Schmidt
aliasWerner Schmidt
Record
55479 · 673

German-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 4 1 5
Alberta 0 3 3
Total 4 4 8
Birth 18 January 1932 → 92 years + 4 months ago
Lived 92 years + 2 months
First mandate 25 October 1993 → 30 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 61 years + 9 months
Death 29 March 2024 → 1 month ago
Exit → Death 18 years + 2 months after 22 January 2006
Special notes
None
 
Werner George Schmidt (1932–2024)
© Photo 2004 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 12 2 25

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. AB 17
SC
 1 Party leader 41–43 03 Feb 1973 — 31 Mar 1975 2 1 28

Electoral history

Races 8  
Path points 9  
6 documented challengers
⊕ Bob Bogle  m 
⊖ Al Horning  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Bob Russell  m 
 		 ⊖ Bert Hohol  m 
⊖ Stu McCrae  m 
⊖ Gordon Wright  m 
 
Eligible: 16,749 Votes: 12,126 Participation: 72.40% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
17		 Alberta
30 August 1971
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 13057(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
39
SC
 2/3 4,052 33.68% -1,966 Winner:
PC
 6,018 50.02% Albert E. (Bert) Hohol
Eligible: 18,624 Votes: 12,560 Participation: 67.44% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
17		 Alberta
25 June 1973
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 13186(F) — 11 Sep 2022 08:58 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature (Party leader)
Age
41
SC
 2/5 4,167 33.18% -1,409 Winner:
PC
 5,576 44.39% Stewart A. McCrae
Eligible: 10,582 Votes: 7,256 Participation: 68.57% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
18		 Alberta
26 March 1975
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 13025(F) — 17 Oct 2021 20:49 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature (Party leader)
Age
43
SC
 2/3 2,418 33.43% -2,196 Winner:
PC
 4,614 63.78% Robert J. Bogle
Eligible: inc. Votes: 52,302 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Federal
34		 British Columbia
21 November 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3489(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
56
REF
 4/5 7,599 14.53% -11,886 Winner:
PC
 19,485 37.25% E. Allan Horning
Eligible: 93,596 Votes: 66,111 Participation: 70.63% Candidacies: 9
Federal
35		 British Columbia
25 October 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3183(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
61
REF
 1/9 30,703 46.62% +15,015 Loser:
LIB
 15,688 23.82% Murli G. Pendharkar

Service: 3 years 7 months 7 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 80,568 Votes: 50,602 Participation: 62.81% Candidacies: 5
Federal
36		 British Columbia
2 June 1997
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2878(F) — 30 Jun 2023 23:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
65
REF
 1/5 25,246 50.01% +13,940 Loser:
LIB
 11,306 22.40% Janna Francis
After his election:
27 Mar 2000 68
REF
 →
CA
 Changed allegiance (remained in opposition)
Service: 3 years 5 months 24 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 89,153 Votes: 57,076 Participation: 64.02% Candidacies: 5
Federal
37		 British Columbia
27 November 2000
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2575(F) — 30 Jun 2023 14:59 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
68
CA
 1/5 33,810 59.47% +20,246 Loser:
LIB
 13,564 23.86% Joe Leask
After his election:
23 Dec 2003 71
CA
 →
CPC
 Changed allegiance (remained in opposition)
Service: 3 years 7 months (Oppo.)
Eligible: 85,932 Votes: 53,396 Participation: 62.14% Candidacies: 6
Federal
38		 British Columbia
28 June 2004
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 994(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
72
CPC
 1/6 25,553 48.00% +11,444 Loser:
LIB
 14,109 26.50% Vern Nielsen

Service: 1 year 6 months 25 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 90,574 Votes: 57,420 Participation: 63.40% Candidacies: 5
Federal
39		 British Columbia
23 January 2006
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Minority
ID: 927(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
74		 Successor:
CPC
 28,174 49.17% Ronald D.E. Cannan

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Mr. Werner Schmidt, M.P.		  7 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Monsieur Werner Schmidt, député		  7 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Werner Schmidt		  7 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  7 Apr 2024 21:25 (but data presented dynamically)

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