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♀ Elizabeth Witmer
aliasElizabeth Witmer
Record
65853 · 11215

Dutch-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 86%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 6 1 7
Birth 16 October 1946
Age 77 years + 6 months
First mandate 6 September 1990 → 33 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 43 years + 10 months
 
Mandate ended 12 years ago (27 April 2012)
Special notes
None
 
Elizabeth Witmer (1946– )
© Photo 2015 Markbellis — licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
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 21 7 15 Z

Electoral history

Races 7  
Path points 8  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Herbert A. Epp  m 
⊖ Andrew P. Telegdi  m 
 		 ⊕ Catherine E. Fife  f 
 
Eligible: 56,714 Votes: 32,282 Participation: 56.92% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
34		 Ontario
10 September 1987
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 5672(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:22 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
40
PC
 2/4 8,681 27.06% -8,111 Winner:
LIB
 16,792 52.35% Herbert A. Epp
Eligible: 63,450 Votes: 39,355 Participation: 62.03% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
35		 Ontario
6 September 1990
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 5542(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:22 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
43
PC
 1/5 14,552 37.43% +3,254 Loser:
NDP
 11,298 29.06% Hugh Miller

Service: 4 years 9 months 1 day (Oppo.)
Eligible: 70,170 Votes: 43,732 Participation: 62.32% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
36		 Ontario
8 June 1995
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 5391(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
48
PC
 1/5 25,757 59.42% +17,028 Loser:
LIB
 8,729 20.14% Bob Byron

Service: 3 years 11 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 94,846 Votes: 51,584 Participation: 54.39% Candidacies: 8
Provincial
37		 Ontario
3 June 1999
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 5123(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
PC
 1/8 27,830 54.36% +9,796 Loser:
LIB
 18,034 35.22% Sean Strickland

Service: 4 years 3 months 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 94,691 Votes: 55,927 Participation: 59.06% Candidacies: 7
Provincial
38		 Ontario
2 October 2003
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 5020(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
56
PC
 1/7 23,957 43.08% +1,501 Loser:
LIB
 22,456 40.38% Sean Strickland

Service: 4 years 7 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 95,319 Votes: 51,116 Participation: 53.63% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
39		 Ontario
10 October 2007
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 5226(F) — 2 Apr 2022 14:14 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
60
PC
 1/5 20,748 40.84% +4,900 Loser:
LIB
 15,848 31.20% Louise Ervin

Service: 3 years 11 months 25 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 98,268 Votes: 49,667 Participation: 50.54% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
40		 Ontario
6 October 2011
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 6601(F) — 27 Feb 2022 10:34 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
64
PC
 1/6 21,665 43.77% +3,828 Loser:
LIB
 17,837 36.04% Eric Davis
After her election:
27 Apr 2012 65
PC
 →
Vac.
 Left provincial politics
Service: 6 months 21 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 99,544 Votes: 46,781 Participation: 47.00% Candidacies: 10
Provincial
40		 Ontario
6 September 2012
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 14725(F) — 10 Oct 2022 13:14 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
65		 Successor:
NDP
 18,599 39.87% Catherine E. Fife

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Elizabeth Witmer		 24 Feb 2024
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Elizabeth Witmer		 24 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Elizabeth Witmer		 24 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
Elizabeth Witmer		 24 Feb 2024

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