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♂ Claude F. Bennett
aliasClaude F. Bennett
Record
4070 · 11301

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 5 0 5
Birth 19 September 1936 → 87 years + 7 months ago
Lived 83 years + 6 months
First mandate 21 October 1971 → 52 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 35 years + 1 month
Death 20 March 2020 → 4 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 32 years + 6 months after 9 September 1987
Special notes
None
 

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 15 10 15 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
Documented challenger
None
 
 
Eligible: 59,614 Votes: 43,450 Participation: 72.89% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
29		 Ontario
21 October 1971
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14140(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
35
PC
 1/3 22,392 51.67% +11,754 Loser:
NDP
 10,638 24.55% Donald Francis

Service: 3 years 10 months 27 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 50,649 Votes: 34,379 Participation: 67.88% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
30		 Ontario
18 September 1975
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 12491(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
38
PC
 1/3 14,767 43.15% +3,668 Loser:
NDP
 11,099 32.43% Eileen Scotton

Service: 1 year 8 months 21 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 50,647 Votes: 33,909 Participation: 66.95% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
31		 Ontario
9 June 1977
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 12115(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
40
PC
 1/4 16,662 49.37% +7,903 Loser:
NDP
 8,759 25.95% Eileen Scotton

Service: 3 years 9 months 9 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 50,875 Votes: 30,637 Participation: 60.22% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
32		 Ontario
19 March 1981
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12241(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
44
PC
 1/4 15,218 49.97% +6,386 Loser:
LIB
 8,832 29.00% Robert Dyck

Service: 4 years 1 month 12 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 52,058 Votes: 33,124 Participation: 63.63% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
33		 Ontario
2 May 1985
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
 LIB  26 Jun 1985
ID: 12366(F) — 6 Jul 2023 18:17 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
48
PC
 1/3 12,971 39.41% +1,337 Loser:
LIB
 11,634 35.34% Andrew Caddell
After his election:
26 Jun 1985 48
PC
 →
LIB
 Change of government (became part of opposition)
Service: 2 years 4 months 7 days (Gov't & Oppo.)
Eligible: 46,673 Votes: 31,573 Participation: 67.65% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
34		 Ontario
10 September 1987
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 5637(F) — 26 Feb 2022 18:43 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
50		 Successor:
LIB
 15,952 50.88% Dalton J.P. McGuinty

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Claude Frederick Bennett		 27 Jul 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Claude Frederick Bennett		 27 Jul 2023
EN Wikipedia
Claude Bennett		 27 Jul 2023

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