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♂ Donald A. Paterson
aliasDonald A. Paterson
Record
48310 · 11498

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 3 0 3
Birth 25 November 1926 → 97 years + 5 months ago
Lived 72 years + 1 month
First mandate 25 September 1963 → 60 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 36 years + 10 months
Death 11 January 1999 → 25 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 23 years + 3 months after 17 September 1975
Special notes
None
 

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 11 11 20 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
1 documented challenger
⊖ J. William Murdoch  m 
 
 
Eligible: 26,394 Votes: 19,346 Participation: 73.30% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
27		 Ontario
25 September 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 35429(F) — 24 Dec 2022 15:36 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
36
LIB
 1/3 9,572 49.85% +715 Loser:
PC
 8,857 46.13% J. William Murdoch

Service: 4 years 21 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 26,616 Votes: 17,610 Participation: 66.16% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
28		 Ontario
17 October 1967
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 13981(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
40
LIB
 1/3 10,476 59.85% +5,054 Loser:
PC
 5,422 30.98% Tom Robson

Service: 4 years 3 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 31,749 Votes: 23,738 Participation: 74.77% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
29		 Ontario
21 October 1971
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14096(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
44
LIB
 1/3 12,217 51.75% +5,696 Loser:
NDP
 6,521 27.62% Ralph N. Wensley

Service: 3 years 10 months 27 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 34,568 Votes: 23,177 Participation: 67.05% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
30		 Ontario
18 September 1975
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 12445(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
48		 Successor:
LIB
 9,517 41.34% Remo J. Mancini

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Donald Alexander Paterson		 03 Sep 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Donald Alexander Paterson		 03 Sep 2023
EN Wikipedia
Donald Paterson (politician)		 03 Sep 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  3 Sep 2023 18:50 (but data presented dynamically)

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