Canada's electoral history from 1867 to today
Base → People → Search & Find → Full profile → Bert H. Soper

♂ Bert H. Soper
aliasBert H. Soper
Record
58019 · 12126

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 25%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 3 4
Birth 15 March 1884 → 140 years + 1 month ago
Lived 84 years + 3 months
First mandate 26 March 1940 → 84 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age 56 years
Death 2 July 1968 → 55 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 23 years + 22 days 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 5 2 14

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
3 documented challengers
⊖ William G. Blair  m 
⊖ Thomas A. Thompson  m  (3 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ William S. Murphy  m 
 
Eligible: 20,816 Votes: 16,775 Participation: 80.59% Candidacies: 4
Federal
17		 Ontario
28 July 1930
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 22417(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
46
LIB
 2/4 5,699 33.97% -1,365 Winner:
LC
 7,064 42.11% Thomas A. Thompson
Eligible: 21,679 Votes: 17,676 Participation: 81.54% Candidacies: 3
Federal
18		 Ontario
14 October 1935
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22689(F) — 5 Jul 2023 20:01 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
51
LIB
 2/3 7,381 41.76% -662 Winner:
LC
 8,043 45.50% Thomas A. Thompson
Eligible: 21,854 Votes: 16,001 Participation: 73.22% Candidacies: 2
Federal
19		 Ontario
26 March 1940
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22970(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
56
LIB
 1/2 8,821 55.13% +1,641 Loser:
NATG
 7,180 44.87% Thomas A. Thompson

Service: 5 years 2 months 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 21,755 Votes: 17,156 Participation: 78.86% Candidacies: 3
Federal
20		 Ontario
11 June 1945
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 23230(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
61
LIB
 2/3 6,053 35.28% -4,297 Winner:
PC
 10,350 60.33% William G. Blair

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Bert H. Soper, M.P.		 03 Sep 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Bert H. Soper, député		 03 Sep 2023
EN Wikipedia
Bert Soper		 03 Sep 2023

© 2019, 2024 :: PoliCan.ca (Maurice Y. Michaud)
Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  3 Sep 2023 21:01 (but data presented dynamically)

© 2019-2024 :: PoliCan.ca
Given that electoral results are by their very nature public information, such data that can be found in PoliCan are considered to be in the public domain. However, unless indicated otherwise, all other elements — the concept of consolidating these data into a single format, the detailed research on each election, legislature and candidate, the organization and searchability of the data, the programming allowing the entry and maintenance of the data, as well as the analyses and explanatory articles found in this website — are the intellectual property of Maurice Y. Michaud.