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♂ Hugh A. Edighoffer
aliasHugh A. Edighoffer
Record
18221 · 11305

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 88%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 7 1 8
Birth 22 July 1928 → 95 years + 9 months ago
Lived 90 years + 11 months
First mandate 17 October 1967 → 56 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 39 years + 2 months
Death 2 July 2019 → 4 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 28 years + 9 months after 5 September 1990
Special notes
None
 
Hugh A. Edighoffer (1928–2019)
© 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 22 10 13 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. ON 33–34
LIB
 1 Speaker 56–62 04 Jun 1985 — 30 Jul 1990 5 1 26

Electoral history

Races 8  
Path points 9  
1 documented challenger
⊖ J. Fred Edwards  m  (2 runoffs)
 
 
Eligible: 34,266 Votes: 21,738 Participation: 63.44% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
27		 Ontario
25 September 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 35473(F) — 24 Dec 2022 16:10 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
35
LIB
 2/2 8,240 38.21% -5,084 Winner:
PC
 13,324 61.79% J. Fred Edwards
Eligible: 35,186 Votes: 23,116 Participation: 65.70% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
28		 Ontario
17 October 1967
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14032(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
39
LIB
 1/3 9,971 43.45% +187 Loser:
PC
 9,784 42.64% J. Fred Edwards

Service: 4 years 3 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 40,388 Votes: 30,027 Participation: 74.35% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
29		 Ontario
21 October 1971
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14147(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
LIB
 1/3 16,265 54.31% +6,815 Loser:
PC
 9,450 31.56% Lloyd Michel

Service: 3 years 10 months 27 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 43,411 Votes: 28,289 Participation: 65.17% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
30		 Ontario
18 September 1975
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 12496(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
LIB
 1/3 17,865 63.36% +10,478 Loser:
PC
 7,387 26.20% Robert Smith

Service: 1 year 8 months 21 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 43,680 Votes: 26,513 Participation: 60.70% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
31		 Ontario
9 June 1977
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 12120(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
48
LIB
 1/3 18,201 68.88% +12,145 Loser:
PC
 6,056 22.92% Vivian Jarvis

Service: 3 years 9 months 9 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 44,375 Votes: 26,128 Participation: 58.88% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
32		 Ontario
19 March 1981
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12246(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
LIB
 1/3 16,283 62.51% +8,400 Loser:
PC
 7,883 30.26% Colleen Misener

Service: 4 years 1 month 12 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 46,662 Votes: 29,042 Participation: 62.24% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
33		 Ontario
2 May 1985
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
 LIB  26 Jun 1985
ID: 12371(F) — 6 Jul 2023 21:57 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
56
LIB
 1/3 20,040 69.31% +13,964 Loser:
PC
 6,076 21.02% Glynn Coghlin
After his election:
26 Jun 1985 56
PC
 →
LIB
 Change of government (became part of government)
Service: 2 years 4 months 7 days (Oppo. & Gov't)
Eligible: 46,909 Votes: 29,625 Participation: 63.15% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
34		 Ontario
10 September 1987
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 5643(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
59
LIB
 1/3 18,037 61.20% +11,957 Loser:
NDP
 6,080 20.63% Warren Ham

Service: 2 years 11 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 48,350 Votes: 32,027 Participation: 66.24% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
35		 Ontario
6 September 1990
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 5513(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:22 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
62		 Successor:
NDP
 11,712 36.83% Karen Haslam

Online biographical references (2)

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

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