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♀ Bette M. Stephenson
aliasBette M. Stephenson
Record
58850 · 11303

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 4 0 4
Birth 31 July 1924 → 99 years + 9 months ago
Lived 95 years
First mandate 18 September 1975 → 48 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 51 years + 1 month
Death 19 August 2019 → 4 years + 8 months ago
Exit → Death 31 years + 11 months after 9 September 1987
Special notes
None
 
Bette M. Stephenson (1924–2019)
© 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 11 11 18 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
1 documented challenger
⊕ Wilfred Caplan  m 
 
 
Eligible: 53,081 Votes: 37,586 Participation: 70.81% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
30		 Ontario
18 September 1975
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 12536(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
51
PC
 1/3 17,365 46.46% +4,075 Loser:
LIB
 13,290 35.56% Bruce Bone

Service: 1 year 8 months 21 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 56,308 Votes: 37,472 Participation: 66.55% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
31		 Ontario
9 June 1977
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 12160(F) — 20 Feb 2024 18:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
PC
 1/5 21,795 58.45% +12,183 Loser:
LIB
 9,612 25.78% Wilfred Caplan

Service: 3 years 9 months 9 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 59,263 Votes: 31,773 Participation: 53.61% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
32		 Ontario
19 March 1981
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12286(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
56
PC
 1/4 20,613 65.59% +14,946 Loser:
LIB
 5,667 18.03% Isadore Weinberg

Service: 4 years 1 month 12 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 61,568 Votes: 37,630 Participation: 61.12% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
33		 Ontario
2 May 1985
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
 LIB  26 Jun 1985
ID: 12411(F) — 6 Jul 2023 19:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
60
PC
 1/4 17,943 48.19% +7,865 Loser:
LIB
 10,078 27.07% Guntis Tannis
After her election:
26 Jun 1985 60
PC
 →
LIB
 Change of government (became part of opposition)
Service: 2 years 4 months 7 days (Gov't & Oppo.)
Eligible: 44,585 Votes: 30,215 Participation: 67.77% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
34		 Ontario
10 September 1987
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 5684(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:22 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
63		 Successor:
LIB
 14,272 47.54% J. Bradford Nixon

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Bette M. Stephenson		 23 Feb 2024
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Bette M. Stephenson		 23 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Bette Stephenson		 23 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 23 Feb 2024 21:42 (but data presented dynamically)

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