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♂ Eric Alfred Winkler
aliasEric Alfred Winkler
Record
65768 · 11505

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 88%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 5 0 5
Ontario 2 1 3
Total 7 1 8
Birth 13 February 1920 → 104 years + 2 months ago
Lived 75 years + 1 month
First mandate 10 June 1957 → 66 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 37 years + 3 months
Death 18 March 1995 → 29 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 19 years + 6 months after 17 September 1975
Special notes
None
 
Eric Alfred Winkler (1920–1995)
© Photo 1966 House of Commons (Canada) — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Elections or appointments outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate ✗
Legis. Council ✗
✗
Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve Hanover, Ontario (1948–1952)
Mun./Co. Council Hanover, Ontario (1947–1948)
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
Canada 10 3 16
Ontario 7 10 30 Z
TOTAL 18 2 15

Electoral history

Races 8  
Path points 9  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Walter E. Harris  m 
 		 ⊕ Robert C. McKessock  m 
 
Eligible: 21,565 Votes: 18,446 Participation: 85.54% Candidacies: 2
Federal
23		 Ontario
10 June 1957
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24058(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
37
PC
 1/2 10,707 58.47% +3,101 Loser:
LIB
 7,606 41.53% Walter E. Harris

Service: 9 months 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 21,565 Votes: 18,126 Participation: 84.05% Candidacies: 2
Federal
24		 Ontario
31 March 1958
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 24324(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
38
PC
 1/2 11,878 65.53% +5,630 Loser:
LIB
 6,248 34.47% Thomas Stevenson

Service: 4 years 2 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 18,286 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
25		 Ontario
18 June 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24601(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
42
PC
 1/3 10,514 57.50% +3,505 Loser:
LIB
 7,009 38.33% William P. Oswald

Service: 9 months 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 18,481 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
26		 Ontario
8 April 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 24865(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
PC
 1/4 10,535 57.00% +3,554 Loser:
LIB
 6,981 37.77% Duncan M McCallum

Service: 2 years 6 months 30 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 21,807 Votes: 17,631 Participation: 80.85% Candidacies: 3
Federal
27		 Ontario
8 November 1965
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 25134(F) — 29 Jan 2022 13:36 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
PC
 1/3 10,138 57.99% +4,499 Loser:
LIB
 5,639 32.25% William R. Matheson
After his election:
30 Sep 1967 47
PC
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran provincially
Service: 1 year 10 months 22 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 21,049 Votes: 14,950 Participation: 71.02% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
28		 Ontario
17 October 1967
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 13979(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
47
PC
 1/4 8,872 59.68% +4,116 Loser:
LIB
 4,756 31.99% Lindsay Inglis

Service: 4 years 3 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 27,973 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
28		 Ontario
25 June 1968
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 9973(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
48		 Successor:
PC
 13,146 47.00% Percy V. Noble
Eligible: 24,358 Votes: 18,793 Participation: 77.15% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
29		 Ontario
21 October 1971
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14103(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
PC
 1/3 10,285 54.91% +4,870 Loser:
LIB
 5,415 28.91% Curt Greenleaf

Service: 3 years 10 months 27 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 35,278 Votes: 26,040 Participation: 73.81% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
30		 Ontario
18 September 1975
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 12449(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
55
PC
 2/3 11,409 43.95% -277 Winner:
LIB
 11,686 45.02% Robert C. McKessock

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Eric Alfred Winkler		 17 Mar 2024
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Eric Alfred Winkler		 17 Mar 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Eric Alfred Winkler		 17 Mar 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Eric Alfred Winkler		 17 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Eric Winkler		 17 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 17 Mar 2024 01:19 (but data presented dynamically)

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