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♂ David Winninger
aliasDavid Winninger
Record
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Roman Catholic   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 25%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 1 3 4
Birth 10 October 1949
Age 74 years + 6 months
First mandate 6 September 1990 → 33 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 40 years + 10 months
 
Mandate ended 28 years + 10 months ago (7 June 1995)
Special notes
None
 
David Winninger (1949– )
© 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 4 9 0 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
3 documented challengers
⊖ E. Joan Smith  f  (4 runoffs)
⊕ Robert Wood  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊕ Gordon W. Walker  m 
 
Eligible: 76,692 Votes: 48,250 Participation: 62.91% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
33		 Ontario
2 May 1985
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 12350(F) — 6 Jul 2023 21:41 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
35
NDP
 3/4 5,080 10.57% -19,442 Winner:
LIB
 24,522 51.03% E. Joan Smith
Eligible: 58,087 Votes: 36,333 Participation: 62.55% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
34		 Ontario
10 September 1987
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 5616(F) — 2 Oct 2021 15:26 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
37
NDP
 3/5 7,074 19.58% -12,972 Winner:
LIB
 20,046 55.48% E. Joan Smith
Eligible: 63,533 Votes: 41,683 Participation: 65.61% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
35		 Ontario
6 September 1990
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 5486(F) — 2 Oct 2021 15:26 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
40
NDP
 1/5 17,438 42.41% +5,651 Loser:
LIB
 11,787 28.67% E. Joan Smith

Service: 4 years 9 months 1 day (Gov't)
Eligible: 66,875 Votes: 41,380 Participation: 61.88% Candidacies: 8
Provincial
36		 Ontario
8 June 1995
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 5340(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:22 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
45
NDP
 2/8 10,729 26.20% -7,432 Winner:
PC
 18,161 44.35% Robert Wood

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
David Winninger		 20 Feb 2024
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
David Winninger		 20 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
David Winninger		 20 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
David Winninger		 20 Feb 2024

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