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♂ R. Walter Elliot
aliasR. Walter Elliot
Record
18444 · 11435

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 17%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 1 5 6
Birth 17 October 1933 → 90 years + 6 months ago
Lived 86 years + 7 months
First mandate 10 September 1987 → 36 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 53 years + 10 months
Death 4 June 2020 → 3 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 29 years + 8 months after 5 September 1990
Special notes
None
 
R. Walter Elliot (1933–2020)
© 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 2 11 25 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 6  
5 documented challengers
⊕ Ted Chudleigh  m 
⊕ Noel P. Duignan  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ James W. Snow  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ A. Wallace Downer  m 
⊖ John Shadbolt  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 34,187 Votes: 23,342 Participation: 68.28% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
29		 Ontario
21 October 1971
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14092(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
38
LIB
 2/3 7,609 32.78% -4,454 Winner:
PC
 12,063 51.97% A. Wallace Downer
Eligible: 40,194 Votes: 28,491 Participation: 70.88% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
31		 Ontario
9 June 1977
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 12109(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
43
LIB
 2/3 7,948 28.03% -6,508 Winner:
PC
 14,456 50.97% James W. Snow
Eligible: 46,637 Votes: 26,386 Participation: 56.58% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
32		 Ontario
19 March 1981
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12235(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
47
LIB
 2/3 7,286 27.79% -9,080 Winner:
PC
 16,366 62.43% James W. Snow
Eligible: 42,623 Votes: 24,526 Participation: 57.54% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
34		 Ontario
10 September 1987
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 5596(F) — 28 Dec 2021 07:42 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
53
LIB
 1/3 11,644 47.80% +4,724 Loser:
PC
 6,920 28.41% Dave Whiting

Service: 2 years 11 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 43,348 Votes: 27,960 Participation: 64.50% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
35		 Ontario
6 September 1990
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 5466(F) — 2 Oct 2021 17:40 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
56
LIB
 2/6 7,962 28.95% -548 Winner:
NDP
 8,510 30.94% Noel P. Duignan
Eligible: 47,738 Votes: 31,783 Participation: 66.58% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
36		 Ontario
8 June 1995
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 5407(F) — 2 Oct 2021 17:53 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
61
LIB
 2/5 6,568 20.78% -12,679 Winner:
PC
 19,247 60.90% Ted Chudleigh

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Walter R. Elliot		 22 Feb 2024
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Walter R. Elliot		 22 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Walt Elliot		 22 Feb 2024

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