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♂ Russell Harold Ramsay
aliasRuss Ramsay
Record
51482 · 11186

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 40%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 2 2
Ontario 2 1 3
Total 2 3 5
Birth 5 August 1928 → 95 years + 8 months ago
Lived 74 years + 6 months
First mandate 14 December 1978 → 45 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 50 years + 4 months
Death 9 February 2003 → 21 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 17 years + 9 months after 1 May 1985
Special notes
None
 
Russell Harold Ramsay (1928–2003)
© 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 4 15 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
4 documented challengers
⊕ Karl A. Morin-Strom  m 
⊖ George E. Nixon  m 
 		 ⊖ C. Terrence Murphy  m 
⊖ Erhart Regier  m 
 
Eligible: 43,564 Votes: 33,817 Participation: 77.63% Candidacies: 3
Federal
27		 Ontario
8 November 1965
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 25113(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
37
PC
 2/3 11,914 35.55% -120 Winner:
LIB
 12,034 35.91% George E. Nixon
Eligible: inc. Votes: 31,455 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
28		 Ontario
25 June 1968
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10018(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
39
PC
 2/4 11,529 36.65% -998 Winner:
LIB
 12,527 39.83% C. Terrence Murphy
Eligible: 50,240 Votes: 30,610 Participation: 60.93% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
31		 Ontario
14 December 1978
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 32595(F) — 5 Nov 2022 19:05 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
50
PC
 1/3 15,960 52.14% +5,815 Loser:
NDP
 10,145 33.14% Ronald Moreau

Service: 2 years 3 months 4 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 54,388 Votes: 29,528 Participation: 54.29% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
32		 Ontario
19 March 1981
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12257(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
PC
 1/3 14,712 49.99% +7,157 Loser:
LIB
 7,555 25.67% Albert Ferranti

Service: 4 years 1 month 12 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 56,841 Votes: 36,655 Participation: 64.49% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
33		 Ontario
2 May 1985
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 12382(F) — 6 Jul 2023 12:59 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
56
PC
 2/3 15,293 41.92% -1,069 Winner:
NDP
 16,362 44.85% Karl A. Morin-Strom

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Russell Harold Ramsay		 30 Apr 2024
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Russell Harold Ramsay		 30 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Russ Ramsay		 30 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 30 Apr 2024 11:42 (but data presented dynamically)

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