Canada's electoral history from 1867 to today

Charlotte E. Whitton
aliasCharlotte E. Whitton
Record
65101 · 15310

   Lesbian (not public)
Type of record
Elected candidate
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate
Deceased Performance: 0%
 
Canada 0 1 1
Birth 8 March 1896 → 128 years + 7 months ago
Lived 78 years + 10 months
Only run 31 March 1958 → 66 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 62 years
Death 25 January 1975 → 49 years + 9 months ago
 
Special notes
None
 
Charlotte E. Whitton (1896–1975)
© Photo — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
Whitton was mayor of Ottawa from 1951 to 1955 and was an unsuccessful federal Progressive Conservative candidate in 1958, this despite that party's historic land­slide victory that year. The fact that no civic building bears her name is likely not because she may (or may not) have been a lesbian, but because of the racist views she held against Jews, Armenians, Ukranians, or any "non-British."
 

Electoral history

Race 1  
Path point 1  
1 documented challenger
George McIlraith  m 
 

 
Ottawa West
Elig. 44,335 Votes: 37,522 Partic.: 84.63%
 !!! 
Can.: 3
Federal
24
Ontario
31 March 1958
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 24351(F) — 28 Nov 2022 10:26 ET
Failed to enter Parliament
Age
62
PC
2/3 17,673 47.10% -1,425 Winner:
LIB
19,098 50.90% George J. McIlraith

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
Charlotte Whitton
16 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Charlotte Whitton
16 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
Charlotte Whitton
16 Feb 2024


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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
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