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♂ George Ben
aliasGeorge Ben
Record
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Slovak-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 2 2 4
Birth 5 September 1925 → 98 years + 7 months ago
Lived 53 years + 3 months
First mandate 15 September 1965 → 58 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 40 years
Death 17 December 1978 → 45 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 7 years + 1 month after 20 October 1971
Special notes
None
 
George Ben (1925–1978)
© Photo Legislative Assembly, Ontario — 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
Ontario 6 1 3 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Arthur G.P. Frost  m 
⊖ W. Beverley Lewis  m 
 		 ⊖ Nicholas G. Leluk  m 
 
Eligible: 21,592 Votes: 11,928 Participation: 55.24% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
25		 Ontario
9 June 1955
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 35200(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
29
LIB
 3/4 2,991 25.56% -1,736 Winner:
PC
 4,727 40.40% Arthur G.P. Frost
Eligible: 18,410 Votes: 10,659 Participation: 57.90% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
27		 Ontario
15 September 1965
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 35524(F) — 5 Nov 2022 19:13 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
40
LIB
 1/3 4,940 46.35% +1,454 Loser:
NDP
 3,486 32.70% John Farnia

Service: 2 years 1 month 1 day (Oppo.)
Eligible: 36,267 Votes: 23,497 Participation: 64.79% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
28		 Ontario
17 October 1967
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 13995(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
42
LIB
 1/3 8,038 34.50% +149 Loser:
NDP
 7,889 33.86% Kealey Cummings

Service: 4 years 3 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 37,557 Votes: 27,271 Participation: 72.61% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
29		 Ontario
21 October 1971
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14114(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
46
LIB
 3/3 7,673 28.33% -3,562 Winner:
PC
 11,235 41.48% Nicholas G. Leluk

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
George Ben		 20 Feb 2024
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
George Ben		 20 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
George Ben		 20 Feb 2024

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