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♂ Bruce A.H. Magnuson
aliasBruce A.H. Magnuson
Record
38658 · 12257

Swedish-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate ✓		 Deceased Performance: 0%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 5 5
Ontario 0 7 7
Total 0 12 12
Birth 21 February 1909 → 115 years + 2 months ago
Lived 86 years + 4 months
First run 4 June 1945 → 78 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 36 years + 3 months
Death 24 June 1995 → 28 years + 10 months ago
 
Special notes
None
 

Bruce A.H. Magnuson (1909–1995)
No image available
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. ON 25–26
LPP
 1 Party leader 47–50 01 Feb 1957 — 31 Aug 1959 2 6 30
2. ON 26–28
COMM
 2 Party leader 50–61 01 Sep 1959 — 31 Jul 1970 10 10 30

Electoral history

Races 12  
Path points 12  
11 documented challengers
⊖ Hubert Badanai  m 
⊖ Dante M. De Monte  m 
⊖ Allan Grossman  m 
⊖ Robert M. Johnston  m 
⊖ Paul Martin Sr.  m 
⊖ George C. Wardrope  m  (3 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Charles W. Cox  m 
⊖ Douglas C. Frith  m 
⊖ C.D. Howe  m 
⊖ Mark R. MacGuigan  m 
⊖ Frederick O. Robinson  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 25,637 Votes: 18,558 Participation: 72.39% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
22		 Ontario
4 June 1945
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 34975(F) — 23 Dec 2022 19:01 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
36
LPP
 5/5 1,486 8.10% -4,917 Winner:
CCF
 6,403 34.90% 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
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
42
ILAB
 4/4 1,375 6.63% -6,383 Winner:
PC
 7,758 37.38% George C. Wardrope
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
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
44
LPP
 4/4 923 3.77% -11,349 Winner:
LIB
 12,272 50.14% Clarence D. (C.D.) Howe
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
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
46
LPP
 4/4 775 3.46% -8,742 Winner:
PC
 9,517 42.52% George C. Wardrope
Eligible: 28,355 Votes: 24,890 Participation: 87.78% Candidacies: 4
Federal
24		 Ontario
31 March 1958
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 24319(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
49
LPP
 4/4 224 0.90% -9,691 Winner:
LIB
 9,915 39.84% Hubert Badanai
Eligible: 17,164 Votes: 9,205 Participation: 53.63% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
26		 Ontario
11 June 1959
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 35380(F) — 24 Dec 2022 11:48 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature (Party leader)
Age
50
LPP
 4/5 402 4.48% -3,385 Winner:
PC
 3,787 42.16% Allan Grossman
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
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature (Party leader)
Age
54
COMM
 4/4 407 1.52% -13,173 Winner:
PC
 13,580 50.56% George C. Wardrope
Eligible: 56,353 Votes: 41,589 Participation: 73.80% Candidacies: 4
Federal
27		 Ontario
8 November 1965
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 25126(F) — 29 Jan 2022 13:35 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
56
COMM
 4/4 543 1.33% -25,551 Winner:
LIB
 26,094 63.78% J.J.G. Paul Martin
Eligible: 28,303 Votes: 16,239 Participation: 57.38% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
28		 Ontario
17 October 1967
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 13971(F) — 2 Oct 2021 13:38 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature (Party leader)
Age
58
COMM
 4/4 426 2.67% -5,627 Winner:
LIB
 6,053 37.93% Dante M. De Monte
Eligible: inc. Votes: 34,779 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
28		 Ontario
25 June 1968
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10037(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
59
COMM
 4/4 408 1.17% -16,682 Winner:
LIB
 17,090 49.14% Mark R. MacGuigan
Eligible: 48,885 Votes: 29,221 Participation: 59.77% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
30		 Ontario
18 September 1975
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 12516(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
66
COMM
 4/5 227 0.78% -9,837 Winner:
PC
 10,064 34.74% Robert M. Johnston
Eligible: 57,674 Votes: 43,902 Participation: 76.12% Candidacies: 5
Federal
33		 Ontario
4 September 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3924(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
75
COMM
 5/5 75 0.17% -17,937 Winner:
LIB
 18,012 41.30% Douglas C. Frith

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
Bruce Magnuson		 19 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Bruce Magnuson		 19 Feb 2024

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