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♂ Edwin James Bounsall
aliasTed Bounsall
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 75%
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Ontario 3 1 4
Birth 6 November 1935
Age 88 years + 5 months
First mandate 21 October 1971 → 52 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 35 years + 11 months
 
Mandate ended 43 years + 1 month ago (18 March 1981)
Special notes
None
 
Edwin James (Ted) Bounsall (1935– )
© Photo Legislative Assembly, Ontario — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
An Ontario NDP MPP from 1971 to 1985, Bounsall's political career ended over a bottle of vitamins. In 1985, he was charged with shoplifting one from a drug store, which he claimed he had absent­mind­edly put in his pocket and forgot to pay when he walked out. The judge did not believe his explanation, and although he was given an absolute discharge, the incident forced him to retire from politics.
 

Election or appointment outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate ✗
Legis. Council ✗
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Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve ✗
Mun./Co. Council Windsor, Ontario (1982–1988)
School Board ✗
Blank/Vide ✗

Length of service in elected office within the scope of PoliCan

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Ontario 9 4 25 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
2 documented challengers
⊖ J. Carman McClelland  m 
 		 ⊕ William M. Wrye  m 
 
Eligible: 42,525 Votes: 30,759 Participation: 72.33% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
29		 Ontario
21 October 1971
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14184(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
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 → New to this legislature
Age
35
NDP
 1/3 13,119 42.98% +3,444 Loser:
PC
 9,675 31.70% Herbert Bryant

Service: 3 years 10 months 27 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 36,957 Votes: 21,528 Participation: 58.25% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
30		 Ontario
18 September 1975
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 12532(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
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 Re-elected incumbent
Age
39
NDP
 1/5 10,624 49.73% +3,067 Loser:
LIB
 7,557 35.38% Lyle Browning

Service: 1 year 8 months 21 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 37,419 Votes: 19,075 Participation: 50.98% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
31		 Ontario
9 June 1977
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 12156(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
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 Re-elected incumbent
Age
41
NDP
 1/4 9,711 51.36% +3,687 Loser:
LIB
 6,024 31.86% J. Carman McClelland

Service: 3 years 9 months 9 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 38,492 Votes: 18,606 Participation: 48.34% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
32		 Ontario
19 March 1981
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12282(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
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 Defeated incumbent →
Age
45
NDP
 2/4 7,315 39.54% -134 Winner:
LIB
 7,449 40.26% William M. Wrye

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Edwin "Ted" James Bounsall		 26 Apr 2024
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Edwin "Ted" James Bounsall		 26 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Ted Bounsall		 26 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 26 Apr 2024 22:29 (but data presented dynamically)

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