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♂ Peter Langdon Preston
aliasPeter Langdon Preston
Record
50684 · 11202

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 1 1 2
Birth 3 June 1935 → 88 years + 11 months ago
Lived 81 years + 4 months
First mandate 8 June 1995 → 28 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 60 years
Death 14 October 2016 → 7 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 17 years + 4 months after 2 June 1999
Special notes
None
 
Peter Langdon Preston (1935–2016)
© 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 3 11 24 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Dominic Agostino  m 
 		 ⊕ Ronald E.F. Eddy  m 
 
Eligible: 48,807 Votes: 30,100 Participation: 61.67% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
36		 Ontario
8 June 1995
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 5323(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:22 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
60
PC
 1/5 14,184 47.81% +3,595 Loser:
LIB
 10,589 35.69% Ronald E.F. Eddy

Service: 3 years 11 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 64,418 Votes: 33,959 Participation: 52.72% Candidacies: 8
Provincial
37		 Ontario
3 June 1999
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 5115(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:22 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
64
PC
 2/8 7,414 22.26% -10,477 Winner:
LIB
 17,891 53.73% Dominic Agostino

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Peter L. Preston		 29 Mar 2024
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Peter L. Preston		 29 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Peter Preston (politician)		 29 Mar 2024

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