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♂ Hans W. Daigeler
aliasHans W. Daigeler
Record
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☆   German-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 40%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 2 3 5
Birth 21 February 1945 → 79 years + 2 months ago
Lived 50 years + 8 months
First mandate 10 September 1987 → 36 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 42 years + 6 months
Death 9 November 1995 → 28 years + 5 months ago
Exit → Death 5 months + 2 days after 7 June 1995
Special notes
None
 
Hans W. Daigeler (1945–1995)
© Photo Legislative Assembly, Ontario — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
Daigeler, the Ontario Liberal MPP for Nepean from 1987 to 1995, committed suicide five months after his electoral defeat. He was 50 years old.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Ontario 7 8 25 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
4 documented challengers
⊕ John R. Baird  m 
⊖ Robert C. Mitchell  m  (3 runoffs)
 		 ⊕ Frank De Jong  m 
⊕ K. Judith Wasylycia-Leis  f 
 
Eligible: 60,929 Votes: 32,427 Participation: 53.22% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
32		 Ontario
19 March 1981
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12177(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
36
LIB
 2/4 8,621 26.69% -9,225 Winner:
PC
 17,846 55.26% Robert C. Mitchell
Eligible: 69,557 Votes: 40,241 Participation: 57.85% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
33		 Ontario
2 May 1985
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 12302(F) — 6 Jul 2023 14:09 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
40
LIB
 2/3 15,093 37.74% -2,639 Winner:
PC
 17,732 44.34% Robert C. Mitchell
Eligible: 46,210 Votes: 28,874 Participation: 62.48% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
34		 Ontario
10 September 1987
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 5624(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:22 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
42
LIB
 1/3 13,951 48.45% +3,636 Loser:
PC
 10,315 35.83% Robert C. Mitchell

Service: 2 years 11 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 51,895 Votes: 32,649 Participation: 62.91% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
35		 Ontario
6 September 1990
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 5494(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
LIB
 1/5 13,723 42.45% +3,853 Loser:
PC
 9,870 30.53% Doug Collins

Service: 4 years 9 months 1 day (Oppo.)
Eligible: 54,832 Votes: 35,623 Participation: 64.97% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
36		 Ontario
8 June 1995
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 5346(F) — 1 Oct 2021 15:25 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
50
LIB
 2/6 13,575 38.50% -3,935 Winner:
PC
 17,510 49.66% John R. Baird

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Hans W. Daigeler		 15 Feb 2024
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Hans W. Daigeler		 15 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Hans Daigeler		 15 Feb 2024

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