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♂ Paul Wessenger
aliasPaul Wessenger
Record
64670 · 11452

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 17%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
Ontario 1 4 5
Total 1 5 6
Birth 25 December 1937
Age 86 years + 4 months
First mandate 6 September 1990 → 33 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 52 years + 8 months
 
Mandate ended 28 years + 10 months ago (7 June 1995)
Special notes
None
 
Paul Wessenger (1937– ) 200x203
© 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 6  
Path points 6  
6 documented challengers
⊖ D. Arthur Evans  m 
⊕ W. Earl Rowe  m 
⊕ Joseph N. Tascona  m 
 		 ⊖ Bruce Owen  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Ronald A. Stewart  m 
⊕ George W. Taylor  m 
 
Eligible: 49,521 Votes: 34,405 Participation: 69.48% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
30		 Ontario
18 September 1975
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 12513(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
37
NDP
 2/3 11,628 33.90% -1,929 Winner:
PC
 13,557 39.52% D. Arthur Evans
Eligible: 52,644 Votes: 36,007 Participation: 68.40% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
31		 Ontario
9 June 1977
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 12141(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
39
NDP
 2/3 10,442 29.11% -5,434 Winner:
PC
 15,876 44.25% George W. Taylor
Eligible: 63,374 Votes: 45,540 Participation: 71.86% Candidacies: 3
Federal
32		 Ontario
18 February 1980
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4200(F) — 12 Feb 2022 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
42
NDP
 3/3 9,474 20.86% -10,294 Winner:
PC
 19,768 43.53% Ronald A. Stewart
Eligible: 66,952 Votes: 40,695 Participation: 60.78% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
33		 Ontario
2 May 1985
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 12388(F) — 6 Jul 2023 19:04 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
47
NDP
 3/4 9,639 23.84% -5,740 Winner:
PC
 15,379 38.04% W. Earl Rowe
Eligible: 67,514 Votes: 42,168 Participation: 62.46% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
35		 Ontario
6 September 1990
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 5531(F) — 12 Feb 2022 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
52
NDP
 1/4 15,711 37.79% +2,842 Loser:
LIB
 12,869 30.96% Bruce Owen

Service: 4 years 9 months 1 day (Gov't)
Eligible: 81,753 Votes: 51,553 Participation: 63.06% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
36		 Ontario
8 June 1995
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 5375(F) — 12 Feb 2022 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
57
NDP
 3/6 7,655 14.97% -22,135 Winner:
PC
 29,790 58.25% Joseph N. Tascona

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Paul Wessenger		 25 Dec 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Paul Wessenger		 25 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
Paul Wessenger		 25 Dec 2023

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