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♂ George C. Wardrope
aliasGeorge C. Wardrope
Record
64013 · 11548

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 40%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 3 3
Ontario 4 3 7
Total 4 6 10
Birth 2 November 1899 → 124 years + 6 months ago
Lived 80 years + 1 month
First mandate 22 November 1951 → 72 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 52 years
Death 1 January 1980 → 44 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 12 years + 2 months after 16 October 1967
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 15 10 21 Z

Electoral history

Races 10  
Path points 10  
7 documented challengers
⊖ Charles W. Cox  m 
⊖ Ronald H. Knight  m 
⊕ B. Keith Penner  m 
⊖ Albert E. Smith  m 
 		 ⊖ Clarence D. (C.D.) Howe  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Bruce A.H. Magnuson  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Frederick O. Robinson  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 17,608 Votes: 12,435 Participation: 70.62% Candidacies: 5
Federal
18		 Ontario
14 October 1935
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22709(F) — 20 Mar 2022 13:34 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
35
LC
 2/5 2,807 22.57% -3,784 Winner:
LIB
 6,591 53.00% Clarence D. (C.D.) Howe
Eligible: 19,418 Votes: 14,354 Participation: 73.92% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
20		 Ontario
6 October 1937
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 34785(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
37
LC
 2/3 4,940 34.77% -3,066 Winner:
LIB
 8,006 56.34% Charles W. Cox
Eligible: 26,762 Votes: 20,069 Participation: 74.99% Candidacies: 4
Federal
20		 Ontario
11 June 1945
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 23249(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
45
PC
 3/4 3,516 17.52% -6,529 Winner:
LIB
 10,045 50.05% Clarence D. (C.D.) Howe
Eligible: 31,273 Votes: 19,629 Participation: 62.77% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
23		 Ontario
7 June 1948
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 35066(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
48
PC
 3/3 4,572 23.52% -4,162 Winner:
CCF
 8,734 44.93% Frederick O. Robinson
Eligible: 32,934 Votes: 21,040 Participation: 63.89% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
24		 Ontario
22 November 1951
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 35159(F) — 24 Dec 2022 00:54 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
52
PC
 1/4 7,758 37.38% +1,586 Loser:
CCF
 6,172 29.74% Frederick O. Robinson

Service: 3 years 6 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 33,132 Votes: 22,657 Participation: 68.38% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
25		 Ontario
9 June 1955
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 35254(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
55
PC
 1/4 9,517 42.52% +1,776 Loser:
CCF
 7,741 34.59% Ronald V. Wilmot

Service: 4 years 1 day (Gov't)
Eligible: 38,011 Votes: 26,947 Participation: 70.89% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
26		 Ontario
11 June 1959
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 35369(F) — 24 Dec 2022 11:35 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
59
PC
 1/3 10,881 40.88% +2,022 Loser:
LIB
 8,859 33.29% Daniel Coghlan

Service: 4 years 3 months 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 40,552 Votes: 27,039 Participation: 66.68% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
27		 Ontario
25 September 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 35475(F) — 24 Dec 2022 16:48 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
63
PC
 1/4 13,580 50.56% +6,849 Loser:
NDP
 6,731 25.06% Joseph Shannon

Service: 4 years 21 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 28,716 Votes: 20,450 Participation: 71.21% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
28		 Ontario
17 October 1967
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14034(F) — 23 Jul 2023 12:15 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
67
PC
 2/3 6,826 33.58% -810 Winner:
LIB
 7,636 37.56% Ronald H. Knight
Eligible: inc. Votes: 20,525 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
28		 Ontario
25 June 1968
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10027(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
68
PC
 3/3 4,904 23.89% -4,636 Winner:
LIB
 9,540 46.48% B. Keith Penner

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
George Calvin Wardrope		 29 Jul 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
George Calvin Wardrope		 29 Jul 2023
EN Wikipedia
George Wardrope		 29 Jul 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 29 Jul 2023 20:46 (but data presented dynamically)

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