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♂ Arthur G. Slaght
aliasArthur G. Slaght
Record
57241 · 11981

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 2 1 3
Birth 3 May 1877 → 146 years + 11 months ago
Lived 86 years + 8 months
First mandate 14 October 1935 → 88 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 58 years + 5 months
Death 21 January 1964 → 60 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 18 years + 7 months after 10 June 1945
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
Canada 9 7 25

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Angus McDonald  m 
 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 11,883 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
13		 Ontario
7 April 1920
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UNIO  Majority
ID: 21514(F) — 1 Jul 2023 14:03 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
42
LIB
 2/3 3,090 26.00% -2,707 Winner:
IND
 5,797 48.78% Angus McDonald
Eligible: 15,526 Votes: 11,440 Participation: 73.68% Candidacies: 3
Federal
18		 Ontario
14 October 1935
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22704(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
58
LIB
 1/3 6,230 54.46% +2,265 Loser:
LC
 3,965 34.66% Milton H. Limbert

Service: 4 years 5 months 11 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 15,798 Votes: 10,795 Participation: 68.33% Candidacies: 3
Federal
19		 Ontario
26 March 1940
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22985(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
62
LIB
 1/3 5,850 54.19% +1,691 Loser:
NATG
 4,159 38.53% A. Coulter McLean

Service: 5 years 2 months 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 16,577 Votes: 12,161 Participation: 73.36% Candidacies: 3
Federal
20		 Ontario
11 June 1945
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 23245(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
68		 Successor:
LIB
 5,301 43.59% Wilfred K. (Bucko) McDonald

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Arthur Graeme Slaght, M.P.		 22 Oct 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Arthur Graeme Slaght, député		 22 Oct 2023
EN Wikipedia
Arthur Slaght		 22 Oct 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 22 Oct 2023 20:40 (but data presented dynamically)

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