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♀ Evelyn Adelaide Gigantes
aliasEvelyn Gigantes
Record
22867 · 11166

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 56%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 5 4 9
Birth 1 November 1942
Age 81 years + 5 months
First mandate 18 September 1975 → 48 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 32 years + 10 months
 
Mandate ended 28 years + 10 months ago (7 June 1995)
Special notes
None
 
Evelyn Adelaide Gigantes (1942– )
© Photo Legislative Assembly, Ontario — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Ontario 12 11 23 Z

Electoral history

Races 9  
Path points 9  
8 documented challengers
⊕ J.J. Pierre Benoit  m 
⊕ Lowell Green  m 
⊖ Richard A. Patten  m  (3 runoffs)
⊕ John C. Turmel  m  (5 runoffs)
 		 ⊕ Bernard C. Grandmaître  m 
⊖ Robert W. MacQuarrie  m 
⊕ Paul F. Taylor  m  (2 runoffs)
⊕ Gregory H. Vezina  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 27,300 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
29		 Ontario
7 November 1974
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 32593(F) — 28 Dec 2021 00:05 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
32
NDP
 2/3 9,749 35.71% -240 Winner:
LIB
 9,989 36.59% Paul F. Taylor
Eligible: 50,143 Votes: 33,386 Participation: 66.58% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
30		 Ontario
18 September 1975
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 12428(F) — 28 Dec 2021 00:05 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
32
NDP
 1/3 11,982 36.02% +281 Loser:
LIB
 11,701 35.18% Paul F. Taylor

Service: 1 year 8 months 21 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 56,496 Votes: 36,776 Participation: 65.09% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
31		 Ontario
9 June 1977
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 12052(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
34
NDP
 1/3 12,733 34.77% +681 Loser:
PC
 12,052 32.91% Darwin Kealey

Service: 3 years 9 months 9 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 69,867 Votes: 41,481 Participation: 59.37% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
32		 Ontario
19 March 1981
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12178(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
38
NDP
 3/3 11,579 28.02% -4,135 Winner:
PC
 15,714 38.03% Robert W. MacQuarrie
Eligible: 46,786 Votes: 19,551 Participation: 41.79% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
32		 Ontario
13 December 1984
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 32585(F) — 5 Nov 2022 18:11 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
42
NDP
 1/6 8,165 41.76% +2,295 Loser:
PC
 5,870 30.02% Graham Bird

Service: 4 months 18 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 46,546 Votes: 27,547 Participation: 59.18% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
33		 Ontario
2 May 1985
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
 LIB  26 Jun 1985
ID: 12364(F) — 6 Jul 2023 12:43 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
42
NDP
 1/4 11,890 43.45% +3,885 Loser:
PC
 8,005 29.26% Graham Bird
After her election:
29 May 1985 42
NDP
 →
NDP
 Changed allegiance (remained in opposition)
26 Jun 1985 42
PC
 →
LIB
 Change of government (became part of government)
31 Jul 1987 44
NDP
 →
NDP
 Changed allegiance (joined opposition)
Service: 2 years 4 months 7 days (Oppo. & Gov't & Oppo.)
Eligible: 46,953 Votes: 29,662 Participation: 63.17% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
34		 Ontario
10 September 1987
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 5635(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:22 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
44
NDP
 2/4 11,780 40.06% -2,087 Winner:
LIB
 13,867 47.16% Richard A. Patten
Eligible: 45,774 Votes: 30,746 Participation: 67.17% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
35		 Ontario
6 September 1990
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 5505(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:22 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
47
NDP
 1/6 14,522 47.70% +2,866 Loser:
LIB
 11,656 38.28% Richard A. Patten

Service: 4 years 9 months 1 day (Gov't)
Eligible: 44,958 Votes: 28,717 Participation: 63.88% Candidacies: 7
Provincial
36		 Ontario
8 June 1995
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 5355(F) — 2 Oct 2021 20:04 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
52
NDP
 2/7 9,438 33.23% -1,712 Winner:
LIB
 11,150 39.26% Richard A. Patten

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Evelyn Adelaide Gigantes		 20 Apr 2024
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Evelyn Adelaide Gigantes		 20 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Evelyn Gigantes		 20 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Evelyn Gigantes		 20 Apr 2024

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