♂ Elmer E. Roper

Record
53690 · 8089
Type of record
Elected candidate
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate
Deceased Performance: 40%
 
Alberta 9 4 5
Canada 1 0 1
Total 10 4 6
Birth Death Lived Died in office
4 June 1893
(130 years 9 months ago)
12 November 1994
(29 years 4 months ago)
101 years 5 months No
Service in elected office
Legislature Total Government Opposition
Alberta
Days years months days
4,659 12 9 3
Days years months days
0 0 0 0
Days years months days
4,659 12 9 3
Leadership role
  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. AB 9–12 CCF 1 Party leader 49–62 01 Oct 1942 — 30 Jun 1955 12 8 29
Electoral history
→ 10 recorded electoral participations
→ 10 electoral path points
 
→ 47 documented challengers:
 
Joseph W. Adair  m 
Clayton Adams  m 
Gerard J.T. van Amerongen  m 
Samuel A.G. Barnes  m  (2 runoffs)
Adéodat Boileau  m 
John C. Bowen  m  (3 runoffs)
John R. Boyle  m 
Ernest M. Brown  m 
Ambrose U.G. Bury  m 
Cora T. Casselman  f 
Joseph A. Clarke  m 
James K. Cornwall  m 
Herbert H. Crawford  m  (2 runoffs)
Ivor G. Dent  m 
David M. Duggan  m  (2 runoffs)
Albert F. Ewing  m 
John W. Findlay  m 
Edgar H. Gerhart  m  (2 runoffs)
C. Lionel Gibbs  m 
William S. Hall  m 
Louis W. Heard  m 
Jeremiah W. Heffernan  m 
William T. Henry  m 
Anthony Hlynka  m 
Ambrose A. Holowach  m 
Norman B. James  m  (2 runoffs)
Frederick C. Jamieson  m 
Floyd A. Johnson  m  (2 runoffs)
Orvis A. Kennedy  m 
Jan Lakeman  m  (3 runoffs)
Marcel J.A. Lambert  m 
John W. Leedy  m 
John F. Lymburn  m  (2 runoffs)
Hugh J. Macdonald  m 
Ernest C. Manning  m  (5 runoffs)
Nellie L. McClung  f 
Andrew R. McLennan  m 
Abe W. Miller  m 
C. Gerald O'Connor  m 
J. Percy Page  m  (5 runoffs)
Warren W. Prevey  m 
J. Harper Prowse  m  (3 runoffs)
J. Donovan Ross  m  (2 runoffs)
William Short  m 
Harold E. Tanner  m  (2 runoffs)
Charles Y. Weaver  m 
William J. Williams  m 
 
Provincial
Ass.: 5
Alberta Edmonton
18 July 1921 Age:
28
Defeated but elected later to this legislature
General 13/26 DLP 16.60% 2,515 of 75,758 Elig.: inc. Parti.: inc.
Winner > LIB 42.89% 6,498 (+3,983) Andrew R. McLennan  m  ( 50 )
ID: 27610(F) — 29 Oct 2022 11:00 ET
Provincial
Ass.: 6
Alberta Edmonton
28 June 1926 Age:
33
Defeated but elected later to this legislature
General 16/18 DLP 2.00% 478 of 18,154 Elig.: 33,741 Parti.: 55.50%
Winner > UFA 12.64% 3,046 (+2,568) John F. Lymburn  m  ( 45 )
ID: 27679(F) — 13 Jan 2024 13:43 ET
Provincial
Ass.: 7
Alberta Edmonton
9 January 1931 Age:
37
Defeated but elected later to this legislature
By-Election 2/4 DLP 32.17% 5,583 of 17,356 Elig.: inc. Parti.: inc.
Winner > CONS 46.24% 8,026 (+2,443) Frederick C. Jamieson  m  ( 55 )
ID: 27773(F) — 29 Oct 2022 10:35 ET
Federal
Ass.: 18
Alberta Edmonton East
14 October 1935 Age:
42
Failed to enter Parliament
General 4/6 CCF 10.65% 1,726 of 16,212 Elig.: 24,956 Parti.: 64.96%
Winner > SC 35.29% 5,721 (+3,995) William S. Hall  m  ( 63 )
ID: 22594(F) — 25 Jan 2022 21:27 ET
Provincial
Ass.: 9
Alberta Edmonton
21 March 1940 Age:
46
Defeated but elected later to this legislature
General 8/17 CCF 4.54% 1,984 of 41,461 Elig.: 59,685 Parti.: 75.30%
Winner > SC 23.01% 10,066 (+8,082) Ernest C. Manning  m  ( 31 )
ID: 27852(F) — 6 Mar 2022 15:10 ET
Provincial
Ass.: 9
Alberta Edmonton
22 September 1942 Age:
49
→ New to this legislature
By-Election 1/5 CCF 24.77% 4,834 of 19,515 Elig.: 59,685 Parti.: 32.70%
Loser > SC 22.71% 4,432 (-402) J.B. Giles  m 
ID: 27893(F) — 29 Oct 2022 13:59 ET Service: 1 year 10 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Provincial
Ass.: 10
Alberta Edmonton
8 August 1944 Age:
51
Re-elected incumbent
General 1/20 CCF 13.88% 5,253 of 37,834 Elig.: 65,651 Parti.: 61.00%
Loser > INDM 3.70% 1,400 (-3,853) Johnnie T. Caine  m 
ID: 27909(F) — 6 Mar 2022 16:56 ET Service: 4 years 0 month 8 days (Oppo.)
Provincial
Ass.: 11
Alberta Edmonton
17 August 1948 Age:
55
Re-elected incumbent
General 1/16 CCF 14.11% 6,511 of 46,150 Elig.: 84,391 Parti.: 56.02%
Loser > INDM 5.90% 2,723 (-3,788) J. Percy Page  m  ( 61 )
ID: 27963(F) — 17 Oct 2021 20:19 ET Service: 3 years 11 months 18 days (Oppo.)
Provincial
Ass.: 12
Alberta Edmonton
5 August 1952 Age:
59
Re-elected incumbent
General 3/29 CCF 12.74% 6,632 of 52,039 Elig.: 108,424 Parti.: 52.81%
Loser > SC 2.65% 1,381 (-5,251) Ambrose A. Holowach  m  ( 38 )
ID: 28014(F) — 29 Oct 2022 21:36 ET Service: 2 years 10 months 23 days (Oppo.)
Provincial
Ass.: 13
Alberta Edmonton
29 June 1955 Age:
62
Defeated incumbent (Party leader) Exit from legislature →
General 8/30 CCF 5.81% 4,444 of 76,544 Elig.: 127,069 Parti.: 65.16%
Winner > SC 30.33% 23,216 (+18,772) Ernest C. Manning  m  ( 46 )
ID: 28066(F) — 17 Oct 2021 20:24 ET
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