♂ Gerard J.T. van Amerongen

Dutch-Canadian   
Record
784 · 3201
Type of record
Elected candidate
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate
Deceased Performance: 44%
 
Alberta 9 4 5
Birth Death Lived Died in office
18 July 1914
(109 years 9 months ago)
21 April 2013
(11 years ago)
98 years 9 months No
Service in elected office
Legislature Total Government Opposition
Alberta
Days years months days
5,361 14 8 4
Days years months days
5,361 14 8 4
Days years months days
0 0 0 0
Leadership role
  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. AB 17–20 PC 1 Speaker 57–71 02 Mar 1972 — 11 Jun 1986 14 3 9
Electoral history
→ 9 recorded electoral participations
→ 9 electoral path points
 
→ 15 documented challengers:
 
Albert V. Bourcier  m 
Ivor G. Dent  m 
Edgar H. Gerhart  m 
Anthony Hlynka  m 
Ambrose A. Holowach  m  (2 runoffs)
John W. Horan  m 
Floyd A. Johnson  m 
Ernest C. Manning  m 
Abe W. Miller  m 
D. Grant Mitchell  m 
J. Percy Page  m 
J. Harper Prowse  m 
Elmer E. Roper  m 
J. Donovan Ross  m 
Harold E. Tanner  m 
 
Provincial
Ass.: 13
Alberta Edmonton
29 June 1955 Age:
40
Defeated but elected later to this legislature
General 17/30 CONS 0.90% 692 of 76,544 Elig.: 127,069 Parti.: 65.16%
Winner > SC 30.33% 23,216 (+22,524) Ernest C. Manning  m  ( 46 )
ID: 28066(F) — 17 Oct 2021 20:24 ET
Provincial
Ass.: 14
Alberta Edmonton Centre
18 June 1959 Age:
44
Defeated but elected later to this legislature
General 2/4 PC 26.11% 2,185 of 8,370 Elig.: 15,357 Parti.: 54.75%
Winner > SC 46.74% 3,912 (+1,727) Ambrose A. Holowach  m  ( 44 )
ID: 28119(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
Provincial
Ass.: 15
Alberta Edmonton Centre
17 June 1963 Age:
48
Defeated but elected later to this legislature
General 2/4 PC 21.07% 1,492 of 7,082 Elig.: 15,211 Parti.: 46.70%
Winner > SC 47.70% 3,378 (+1,886) Ambrose A. Holowach  m  ( 48 )
ID: 28196(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
Provincial
Ass.: 16
Alberta Edmonton Jasper Place
23 May 1967 Age:
52
Defeated but elected later to this legislature
General 2/5 PC 26.22% 3,000 of 11,443 Elig.: 19,537 Parti.: 59.24%
Winner > SC 36.76% 4,206 (+1,206) John W. Horan  m  ( 59 )
ID: 13139(F) — 7 Mar 2022 21:23 ET
Provincial
Ass.: 17
Alberta Edmonton-Meadowlark
30 August 1971 Age:
57
→ New to this legislature
General 1/3 PC 56.66% 6,371 of 11,245 Elig.: 15,944 Parti.: 70.70%
Loser > SC 34.14% 3,839 (-2,532) Alexander Romaniuk  m 
ID: 13066(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET Service: 3 years 6 months 25 days (Gov't)
Provincial
Ass.: 18
Alberta Edmonton-Meadowlark
26 March 1975 Age:
60
Re-elected incumbent
General 1/4 PC 67.75% 6,715 of 9,912 Elig.: 19,714 Parti.: 50.34%
Loser > NDP 14.18% 1,406 (-5,309) Harvey Tilden  m 
ID: 12992(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET Service: 3 years 11 months 15 days (Gov't)
Provincial
Ass.: 19
Alberta Edmonton-Meadowlark
14 March 1979 Age:
64
Re-elected incumbent
General 1/5 PC 60.15% 7,075 of 11,762 Elig.: 23,118 Parti.: 51.03%
Loser > NDP 17.84% 2,098 (-4,977) Jim Bell  m 
ID: 12913(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET Service: 3 years 7 months 18 days (Gov't)
Provincial
Ass.: 20
Alberta Edmonton-Meadowlark
2 November 1982 Age:
68
Re-elected incumbent
General 1/6 PC 58.59% 10,817 of 18,462 Elig.: 29,252 Parti.: 63.27%
Loser > NDP 24.86% 4,590 (-6,227) Robert Henderson  m 
ID: 12833(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET Service: 3 years 6 months 5 days (Gov't)
Provincial
Ass.: 21
Alberta Edmonton-Meadowlark
8 May 1986 Age:
71
Defeated incumbent Exit from legislature →
General 2/5 PC 36.60% 4,222 of 11,536 Elig.: 23,485 Parti.: 49.18%
Winner > LIB 42.59% 4,913 (+691) D. Grant Mitchell  m  ( 34 )
ID: 12750(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
→ 2 online biographical references
 
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