♂ J. Donovan Ross

Record
53834 · 3168
Type of record
Elected candidate
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate
Deceased Performance: 71%
 
Alberta 6 5 1
Canada 1 0 1
Total 7 5 2
Birth Death Lived Died in office
13 March 1911
(113 years 1 month ago)
22 May 1984
(39 years 11 months ago)
73 years 2 months No
Family tie with other documented individual
Who ...is/was his Note
Joseph Whitehead (1814–1894) Great-grandfather
Valerie Meredith (1949–) Daughter
Service in elected office
Legislature Total Government Opposition
Alberta
Days years months days
6,959 19 0 20
Days years months days
6,959 19 0 20
Days years months days
0 0 0 0
Electoral history
→ 7 recorded electoral participations
→ 7 electoral path points
 
→ 17 documented challengers:
 
Gerard J.T. van Amerongen  m 
Gerald W. (Ged) Baldwin  m 
Cora T. Casselman  f 
Ivor G. Dent  m 
Edgar H. Gerhart  m  (2 runoffs)
Anthony Hlynka  m 
Ambrose A. Holowach  m 
Floyd A. Johnson  m  (2 runoffs)
Julian G.J. Koziak  m 
Marcel J.A. Lambert  m 
Ernest C. Manning  m  (2 runoffs)
Abe W. Miller  m 
J. Percy Page  m  (2 runoffs)
J. Harper Prowse  m  (2 runoffs)
Elmer E. Roper  m  (2 runoffs)
Harold E. Tanner  m  (2 runoffs)
Keith Wright  m 
 
Provincial
Ass.: 12
Alberta Edmonton
5 August 1952 Age:
41
→ New to this legislature
General 4/29 SC 3.38% 1,757 of 52,039 Elig.: 108,424 Parti.: 52.81%
Loser > SC 2.65% 1,381 (-376) Ambrose A. Holowach  m  ( 38 )
ID: 28014(F) — 29 Oct 2022 21:36 ET Service: 2 years 10 months 23 days (Gov't)
Provincial
Ass.: 13
Alberta Edmonton
29 June 1955 Age:
44
Re-elected incumbent
General 5/30 SC 2.06% 1,575 of 76,544 Elig.: 127,069 Parti.: 65.16%
Loser > CCF 5.81% 4,444 (+2,869) Elmer E. Roper  m  ( 62 )
ID: 28066(F) — 17 Oct 2021 20:24 ET Service: 3 years 11 months 19 days (Gov't)
Provincial
Ass.: 14
Alberta Strathcona Centre
18 June 1959 Age:
48
Re-elected incumbent
General 1/4 SC 54.16% 4,564 of 8,427 Elig.: 14,351 Parti.: 59.10%
Loser > PC 26.42% 2,226 (-2,338) Pat Walsh  m 
ID: 28168(F) — 11 Jun 2023 17:48 ET Service: 3 years 11 months 29 days (Gov't)
Provincial
Ass.: 15
Alberta Strathcona Centre
17 June 1963 Age:
52
Re-elected incumbent
General 1/3 SC 58.71% 5,232 of 8,912 Elig.: 17,345 Parti.: 51.66%
Loser > LIB 27.13% 2,418 (-2,814) Ian Nicoll  m 
ID: 28230(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET Service: 3 years 11 months 5 days (Gov't)
Provincial
Ass.: 16
Alberta Strathcona Centre
23 May 1967 Age:
56
Re-elected incumbent
General 1/4 SC 40.66% 4,052 of 9,966 Elig.: 16,750 Parti.: 59.73%
Loser > PC 25.02% 2,493 (-1,559) Larry Boddy  m 
ID: 13169(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET Service: 4 years 3 months 6 days (Gov't)
Provincial
Ass.: 17
Alberta Edmonton-Strathcona
30 August 1971 Age:
60
Defeated incumbent Exit from legislature →
General 2/3 SC 32.71% 2,973 of 9,088 Elig.: 13,051 Parti.: 69.99%
Winner > PC 49.97% 4,541 (+1,568) Julian G.J. Koziak  m  ( 30 )
ID: 13070(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
Federal
Ass.: 29
Alberta Peace River
30 October 1972 Age:
61
Failed to enter Parliament
General 4/7 SC 7.49% 1,904 of 25,421 Elig.: 36,117 Parti.: 70.39%
Winner > PC 56.08% 14,255 (+12,351) Gerald W. (Ged) Baldwin  m  ( 65 )
ID: 10141(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
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