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♂ Christopher Bentley
aliasChristopher Bentley
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 3 0 3
Birth c. 1956
Age ± 68 years
First mandate 2 October 2003 → 20 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age ± 47 years
 
Mandate ended 11 years + 2 months ago (14 February 2013)
Special notes
None
 
Christopher Bentley (c.1956– )
© 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 9 4 12 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
2 documented challengers
⊕ Paul McKeever  m 
 		 ⊕ Robert Wood  m 
 
Eligible: 83,326 Votes: 50,012 Participation: 60.02% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
38		 Ontario
2 October 2003
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 5026(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:22 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±47
LIB
 1/5 25,581 51.46% +10,118 Loser:
PC
 15,463 31.11% Robert Wood

Service: 4 years 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 86,266 Votes: 49,888 Participation: 57.83% Candidacies: 8
Provincial
39		 Ontario
10 October 2007
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 5231(F) — 2 Oct 2021 15:14 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±51
LIB
 1/8 25,967 52.42% +13,956 Loser:
PC
 12,011 24.25% Allison Graham

Service: 3 years 11 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 93,852 Votes: 49,749 Participation: 53.01% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
40		 Ontario
6 October 2011
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 6606(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±55
LIB
 1/6 22,610 45.65% +8,007 Loser:
PC
 14,603 29.49% Ali Chahbar
After his election:
14 Feb 2013 ±57
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Left provincial politics
Service: 1 year 4 months 8 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 96,905 Votes: 37,955 Participation: 39.17% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
40		 Ontario
1 August 2013
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 14731(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:22 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
±57		 Successor:
NDP
 15,704 41.68% Peggy Sattler

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Christopher Bentley		 20 Feb 2024
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Christopher Bentley		 20 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
Chris Bentley (homme politique)		 20 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Chris Bentley (politician)		 20 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 20 Feb 2024 14:45 (but data presented dynamically)

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