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♂ Eric Joseph Poole
aliasEric Poole
Record
50203 · 7911

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 0 1
Alberta 0 1 1
Total 1 1 2
Birth 19 December 1907 → 116 years + 5 months ago
Lived 61 years
First mandate 14 October 1935 → 88 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 27 years + 9 months
Death 1 January 1969 → 55 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 28 years + 9 months after 25 March 1940
Special notes
None
 
Eric Joseph Poole (1907–1969)
© Photo 1936 House of Commons (Canada) — Public domain
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 5 10

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
2 documented challengers
⊖ J. Harper Prowse  m 
 		 ⊖ Alfred Speakman  m 
 
Eligible: 21,989 Votes: 13,265 Participation: 60.33% Candidacies: 4
Federal
18		 Alberta
14 October 1935
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22600(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
27
SC
 1/4 7,901 59.56% +6,040 Loser:
LIB
 1,861 14.03% George Clark

Service: 4 years 5 months 11 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 26,155 Votes: 15,182 Participation: 58.05% Candidacies: 4
Federal
19		 Alberta
26 March 1940
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22875(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
32		 Successor:
SC
 5,583 36.77% Frederick D. Shaw
Eligible: inc. Votes: 6,125 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 22
Provincial
10		 Alberta
20 January 1945
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 27945(F) — 25 Oct 2023 06:12 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
37
CAF
 4/22 472 7.71% -578 Winner:
CAF
 1,050 17.14% J. Harper Prowse

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Eric Joseph Poole, M.P.		  2 May 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Eric Joseph Poole, député		  2 May 2024
EN Wikipedia
Eric Joseph Poole		  2 May 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  2 May 2024 19:54 (but data presented dynamically)

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