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♂ George Dance
aliasGeorge Dance
Record
14299 · 11355

Type of record
Elected candidate
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate ✓		 Never been in office Performance: 0%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 6 6
Ontario 0 7 7
Total 0 13 13
Birth 28 October 1953
Age 70 years + 6 months
First run 18 September 1975 → 48 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 21 years + 10 months
 
 
Special notes
None
 
George Dance (1953– )
© Photo 1987 Maureen Dance — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 34
LBT
 1 Party leader 37–39 01 Jul 1991 — 30 Apr 1993 1 9 29
2. ON 36
LBT
 1 ✓ Party leader 41–42 10 Jun 1995 — 14 Oct 1996 1 4 4
3. CA 35
LBT
 2 Party leader 41–42 01 Jul 1995 — 11 May 1996 0 10 10

Electoral history

Races 13  
Path points 13  
25 documented challengers
⊖ Ursula Appolloni  f 
⊖ Michael J. Breaugh  m 
⊕ Edmond O. Brown  m 
⊖ Charles L. Caccia  m 
⊕ John Cannis  m 
⊕ Rob Davis  m 
⊕ Gerard M. Kennedy  m 
⊕ John H. McDermid  m 
⊖ John M. Oostrom  m 
⊖ David Rotenberg  m 
⊖ Vernon M. Singer  m 
⊖ France Tremblay  f 
⊕ David W. Warner  m 
 		 ⊕ Lorenzo Berardinetti  m 
⊕ Pauline A. Browes  f 
⊖ James G. Brown  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Kenneth L. Campbell  m 
⊕ Kevin M. Clarke  m 
⊕ Richard F. Johnston  m 
⊕ W. Paul McCrossan  m 
⊕ David R. Miller  m 
⊖ Alan M. Robinson  m 
⊖ June Rowlands  f 
⊕ Anne Swarbrick  f  (2 runoffs)
⊕ John C. Turmel  m 
 
Eligible: 43,935 Votes: 27,219 Participation: 61.95% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
30		 Ontario
18 September 1975
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 12530(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
21
LBT
 4/4 366 1.36% -11,013 Winner:
LIB
 11,379 42.26% Vernon M. Singer
Eligible: 31,400 Votes: 22,830 Participation: 72.71% Candidacies: 7
Federal
31		 Ontario
22 May 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 4421(F) — 13 Apr 2024 09:31 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
25
LBT
 4/7 156 0.68% -12,604 Winner:
LIB
 12,760 55.89% Charles L. Caccia
Eligible: 48,493 Votes: 35,275 Participation: 72.74% Candidacies: 6
Federal
32		 Ontario
18 February 1980
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4221(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
26
LBT
 4/6 299 0.85% -16,221 Winner:
LIB
 16,520 47.21% Ursula Appolloni
Eligible: 133,222 Votes: 100,946 Participation: 75.77% Candidacies: 6
Federal
33		 Ontario
4 September 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3897(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
30
LBT
 4/6 1,067 1.06% -47,742 Winner:
PC
 48,809 48.63% W. Paul McCrossan
Eligible: 42,808 Votes: 27,237 Participation: 63.63% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
33		 Ontario
2 May 1985
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 12387(F) — 6 Jul 2023 13:18 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
31
LBT
 4/4 348 1.29% -9,771 Winner:
NDP
 10,119 37.42% David W. Warner
Eligible: 47,173 Votes: 29,062 Participation: 61.61% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
34		 Ontario
10 September 1987
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 5657(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:22 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
33
LBT
 5/5 483 1.68% -12,847 Winner:
NDP
 13,330 46.25% Richard F. Johnston
Eligible: inc. Votes: 57,095 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Federal
34		 Ontario
21 November 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3552(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
35
LBT
 5/5 593 1.04% -28,880 Winner:
PC
 29,473 51.62% John H. McDermid
Eligible: inc. Votes: 25,314 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 10
Federal
34		 Ontario
13 August 1990
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 10857(F) — 6 Sep 2021 22:06 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
36
LBT
 7/10 117 0.46% -11,929 Winner:
NDP
 12,046 47.59% Michael J. Breaugh
Eligible: 43,576 Votes: 28,417 Participation: 65.21% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
35		 Ontario
6 September 1990
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 5527(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:22 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
36
LBT
 5/5 401 1.43% -13,939 Winner:
NDP
 14,340 51.16% Anne Swarbrick
Eligible: 59,431 Votes: 40,517 Participation: 68.17% Candidacies: 10
Federal
35		 Ontario
25 October 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3323(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
39
LBT
 8/10 153 0.38% -20,931 Winner:
LIB
 21,084 52.50% John Cannis
Eligible: 42,890 Votes: 27,590 Participation: 64.33% Candidacies: 7
Provincial
36		 Ontario
8 June 1995
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 5372(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:22 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature (Party leader)
Age
41
LBT
 6/7 214 0.78% -11,559 Winner:
PC
 11,773 43.13% James G. Brown
Eligible: 39,072 Votes: 20,087 Participation: 51.41% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
36		 Ontario
23 May 1996
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12019(F) — 29 Nov 2023 19:15 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature (Party leader)
Age
42
LBT
 5/6 77 0.39% -7,697 Winner:
LIB
 7,774 39.22% Gerard M. Kennedy
Eligible: 66,624 Votes: 33,112 Participation: 49.70% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
39		 Ontario
10 October 2007
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 5264(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:22 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
53
LBT
 6/6 296 0.90% -14,818 Winner:
LIB
 15,114 46.15% Lorenzo Berardinetti

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