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♂ Elmer Walter Sopha
aliasElmer Sopha
Record
58022 · 11555

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 60%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 3 2 5
Birth 18 April 1924 → 100 years ago
Lived 57 years + 8 months
First mandate 11 June 1959 → 64 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 35 years + 1 month
Death 4 January 1982 → 42 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 10 years + 2 months after 20 October 1971
Special notes
None
 
Elmer Walter Sopha (1924–1982)
© Photo 1982 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 12 4 7 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
5 documented challengers
⊖ Joseph J. Fabbro  m 
⊕ James K. Gordon  m 
⊖ Gerald J. Monaghan  m 
 		 ⊖ Melville C. (Bud) Germa  m  (2 runoffs)
⊕ Floyd Laughren  m 
 
Eligible: 36,263 Votes: 24,863 Participation: 68.56% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
26		 Ontario
11 June 1959
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 35385(F) — 24 Dec 2022 11:39 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
35
LIB
 1/3 10,904 44.19% +3,143 Loser:
PC
 7,761 31.46% Gerald J. Monaghan

Service: 4 years 3 months 13 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 37,329 Votes: 24,622 Participation: 65.96% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
27		 Ontario
25 September 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 35491(F) — 24 Dec 2022 16:54 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
39
LIB
 1/3 10,176 41.60% +914 Loser:
PC
 9,262 37.87% Basil Scully

Service: 4 years 21 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 36,099 Votes: 24,928 Participation: 69.05% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
28		 Ontario
17 October 1967
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14056(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
LIB
 1/4 9,945 40.13% +2,540 Loser:
PC
 7,405 29.88% James K. Gordon

Service: 4 years 3 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 41,779 Votes: 29,313 Participation: 70.16% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
29		 Ontario
21 October 1971
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14171(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
47		 Successor:
NDP
 11,905 40.92% Melville C. (Bud) Germa
Eligible: 43,143 Votes: 32,155 Participation: 74.53% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
30		 Ontario
18 September 1975
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 12520(F) — 20 Feb 2024 17:59 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
51
LIB
 2/4 9,980 31.22% -2,278 Winner:
NDP
 12,258 38.35% Melville C. (Bud) Germa
Eligible: 24,418 Votes: 15,477 Participation: 63.38% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
32		 Ontario
19 March 1981
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12232(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
56
LIB
 2/3 5,041 32.72% -3,410 Winner:
NDP
 8,451 54.85% Floyd Laughren

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Elmer Walter Sopha		 27 Apr 2024
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Elmer Walter Sopha		 27 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Elmer Sopha		 27 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Elmer Sopha		 27 Apr 2024

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