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♂ Eugene Alfred Forsey
aliasEugene Forsey
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate
Known but unelected candidate ✓
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 0%
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Canada 0 2 2
Ontario 0 1 1
Total 0 3 3
Birth 29 May 1904 → 119 years + 11 months ago
Lived 86 years + 8 months
First run 4 June 1945 → 78 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 41 years
Death 20 February 1991 → 33 years + 3 months ago
 
Special notes
None
 
Eugene Alfred Forsey (1904–1991)
© Photo — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Helen Forsey Daughter  
 
Well that's interesting!
Forsey ran thrice unsuccessfully for election under the CCF banner in the 1940s — once provincially and twice federally. But he made his way to Parliament in October 1970 as a Liberal senator, serving nearly nine years.
 

Election or appointment outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate Ontario (1970–1979)
Legis. Council ✗
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Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve ✗
Mun./Co. Council ✗
School Board ✗
Blank/Vide ✗

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
2 documented challengers
⊖ George A. Drew  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ George H. Dunbar  m 
 
Eligible: 64,431 Votes: 44,905 Participation: 69.69% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
22		 Ontario
4 June 1945
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 34968(F) — 23 Dec 2022 18:58 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
41
CCF
 3/4 5,571 12.62% -18,045 Winner:
PC
 23,616 53.50% George H. Dunbar
Eligible: 24,486 Votes: 16,106 Participation: 65.78% Candidacies: 3
Federal
20		 Ontario
20 December 1948
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23379(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
44
CCF
 2/3 3,371 20.93% -8,913 Winner:
PC
 12,284 76.27% George A. Drew
Eligible: 42,294 Votes: 34,550 Participation: 81.69% Candidacies: 3
Federal
21		 Ontario
27 June 1949
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23459(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
45
CCF
 3/3 2,155 6.30% -15,986 Winner:
PC
 18,141 52.99% George A. Drew

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Eugene Alfred Forsey, P.C., F.R.C.S., C.C., Senator		  4 May 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Eugene Alfred Forsey, C.P., F.R.C.S., C.C., sénateur		  4 May 2024
EN Wikipedia
Eugene Forsey		  4 May 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  4 May 2024 20:52 (but data presented dynamically)

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