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♂ Allan Ross Webster
aliasRoss Webster
Record
64404 · 7822

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 1 2
Birth 24 March 1903 → 121 years + 2 months ago
Lived 84 years + 9 months
First mandate 31 March 1958 → 66 years + 2 months ago
↳ at age 55 years
Death 3 January 1988 → 36 years + 5 months ago
Exit → Death 25 years + 6 months after 17 June 1962
Special notes
None
 
Allan Ross Webster (1903–1988)
© Photo 1959 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 2 17

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
1 documented challenger
⊖ George C. Marler  m  (2 runoffs)
 
 
Eligible: 40,357 Votes: 26,613 Participation: 65.94% Candidacies: 2
Federal
23		 Québec
10 June 1957
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24180(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
54
PC
 2/2 11,802 44.90% -2,683 Winner:
LIB
 14,485 55.10% George C. Marler
Eligible: 40,357 Votes: 29,699 Participation: 73.59% Candidacies: 4
Federal
24		 Québec
31 March 1958
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 24446(F) — 7 Sep 2022 00:26 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
55
PC
 1/4 15,882 53.48% +2,941 Loser:
LIB
 12,941 43.57% George C. Marler

Service: 4 years 2 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 26,890 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
25		 Québec
18 June 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24723(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
59		 Successor:
LIB
 13,973 51.96% Charles M. Drury

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Allan Ross Webster		  5 Jun 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Allan Ross Webster		  5 Jun 2024
EN Wikipedia
A. Ross Webster		  5 Jun 2024
FR Wikipédia
Ross Webster		  5 Jun 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  5 Jun 2024 22:52 (but data presented dynamically)

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