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♂ Marke Raines
aliasMarke Raines
Record
51402 · 299

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 0 1
Birth 18 January 1927 → 97 years + 4 months ago
Lived 93 years + 2 months
First mandate 8 July 1974 → 49 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 47 years + 5 months
Death 10 April 2020 → 4 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 40 years + 10 months after 21 May 1979
Special notes
None
 
Marke Raines (1927–2020)
© Photo 1974 House of Commons (Canada) — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 4 10 12

Electoral history

Race 1  
Path points 2  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Nels Nelson  m 
 		 ⊖ Jim Nielsen  m 
 
Eligible: 64,363 Votes: 49,378 Participation: 76.72% Candidacies: 6
Federal
30		 British Columbia
8 July 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10412(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
47
LIB
 1/6 18,063 36.58% +489 Loser:
PC
 17,574 35.59% James A. Nielsen

Service: 4 years 10 months 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 71,992 Votes: 51,822 Participation: 71.98% Candidacies: 3
Federal
31		 British Columbia
22 May 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 4340(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
52		 Successor:
NDP
 20,604 39.76% Svend J. Robinson

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Marke Raines, M.P.		  9 Jun 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Marke Raines, député		  9 Jun 2024
EN Wikipedia
Marke Raines		  9 Jun 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  9 Jun 2024 12:32 (but data presented dynamically)

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