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♂ Clarence Decatur Howe
aliasC.D. Howe
Record
28409 · 12256

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 83%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 5 1 6
Birth 15 January 1886 → 138 years + 3 months ago
Lived 74 years + 11 months
First mandate 14 October 1935 → 88 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 49 years + 8 months
Death 31 December 1960 → 63 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 3 years + 6 months after 9 June 1957
Special notes
None
 
Clarence Decatur (C.D.) Howe (1886–1960)
© Photo — Public domain
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 21 7 21

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 18
LIB
 1 Minister 49–50 23 Oct 1935 — 01 Nov 1936 1 0 9
2. CA 18
LIB
 1 Minister 49–50 23 Oct 1935 — 01 Nov 1936 1 0 9
3. CA 18–19
LIB
 1 Minister 50–54 02 Nov 1936 — 07 Jul 1940 3 8 5
4. CA 19–20
LIB
 1 Minister 54–59 09 Apr 1940 — 31 Dec 1945 5 8 22
5. CA 19
LIB
 2 ✓ Minister 56 13 May 1942 — 05 Oct 1942 0 4 22
6. CA 19–20
LIB
 1 Minister 58–59 13 Oct 1944 — 21 Dec 1945 1 2 8
7. CA 20
LIB
 1 Minister 59–62 01 Jan 1946 — 14 Nov 1948 2 10 13
8. CA 20–22
LIB
 1 Minister of State/responsible 62–71 19 Jan 1948 — 20 Jun 1957 9 5 1
9. CA 20–22
LIB
 1 Minister 62–71 19 Jan 1948 — 21 Jun 1957 9 5 2
10. CA 21–22
LIB
 1 Minister 65–71 01 Apr 1951 — 20 Jun 1957 6 2 19
 1. Marine
 2. Railways and Canals
 3. Transport
 4. Munitions and Supply
 5. Transport [Int]
 6. Reconstruction
 7. Reconstruction and Supply
 8. Canadian Wheat Board [Agriculture]
 9. Trade and Commerce
10. Defence Production

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 6  
4 documented challengers
⊖ Douglas M. Fisher  m 
⊖ Albert E. Smith  m 
 		 ⊖ Bruce A.H. Magnuson  m 
⊖ George C. Wardrope  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
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
49
LIB
 1/5 6,591 53.00% +3,784 Loser:
LC
 2,807 22.57% George C. Wardrope

Service: 4 years 5 months 11 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 26,290 Votes: 18,668 Participation: 71.01% Candidacies: 3
Federal
19		 Ontario
26 March 1940
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22989(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
54
LIB
 1/3 10,327 55.32% +5,114 Loser:
NATG
 5,213 27.92% Alan A. Barton

Service: 5 years 2 months 15 days (Gov't)
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
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
59
LIB
 1/4 10,045 50.05% +4,541 Loser:
CCF
 5,504 27.43% John A. Thompson

Service: 4 years 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 34,716 Votes: 25,065 Participation: 72.20% Candidacies: 4
Federal
21		 Ontario
27 June 1949
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23510(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
63
LIB
 1/4 12,646 51.11% +6,245 Loser:
CCF
 6,401 25.87% James T. Cawley

Service: 4 years 1 month 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 35,410 Votes: 24,753 Participation: 69.90% Candidacies: 4
Federal
22		 Ontario
10 August 1953
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23810(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
67
LIB
 1/4 12,272 50.14% +6,407 Loser:
CCF
 5,865 23.96% Ronald V. Wilmot

Service: 3 years 9 months 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 38,829 Votes: 28,675 Participation: 73.85% Candidacies: 3
Federal
23		 Ontario
10 June 1957
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24092(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
71
LIB
 2/3 10,813 38.21% -1,415 Winner:
CCF
 12,228 43.21% Douglas M. Fisher

Online biographical references (5)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Canadian Encyclopedia
Howe, Clarence Decatur		 14 Apr 2024
FR Encyclopédie canadienne
Howe, Clarence Decatur		 14 Apr 2024
EN Dictionary of Canadian Biography
C.D. Howe		 14 Apr 2024
FR Dictionnaire biographique du Canada
C.D. Howe		 14 Apr 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Right Hon. Clarence Decatur Howe, P.C., M.P.		 14 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Le très hon. Clarence Decatur Howe, C.P., député		 14 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
C.D. Howe		 14 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Clarence Decatur Howe		 14 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
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