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♀ Margaret Birch
aliasMargaret Birch
Record
4920 · 12448

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 4 0 4
Birth 13 June 1921 → 102 years + 10 months ago
Lived 99 years + 4 months
First mandate 21 October 1971 → 52 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 50 years + 4 months
Death 29 October 2020 → 3 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 35 years + 5 months after 1 May 1985
Special notes
None
 
Margaret Birch (1921–2020)
© Photo 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 13 6 7 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
1 documented challenger
⊕ Timothy E. Reid  m 
 
 
Eligible: 43,994 Votes: 32,339 Participation: 73.51% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
29		 Ontario
21 October 1971
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14161(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
50
PC
 1/3 13,206 40.94% +670 Loser:
LIB
 12,536 38.86% Timothy E. Reid

Service: 3 years 10 months 27 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 44,552 Votes: 29,824 Participation: 66.94% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
30		 Ontario
18 September 1975
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 12509(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
54
PC
 1/4 12,645 42.59% +3,836 Loser:
LIB
 8,809 29.67% John Coates

Service: 1 year 8 months 21 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 46,332 Votes: 29,192 Participation: 63.01% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
31		 Ontario
9 June 1977
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 12137(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
55
PC
 1/4 14,792 50.91% +7,524 Loser:
NDP
 7,268 25.01% Ann Hill

Service: 3 years 9 months 9 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 53,113 Votes: 29,459 Participation: 55.46% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
32		 Ontario
19 March 1981
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12259(F) — 6 Jan 2023 16:25 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
59
PC
 1/5 16,386 56.03% +9,085 Loser:
LIB
 7,301 24.96% John Beer

Service: 4 years 1 month 12 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 56,812 Votes: 33,103 Participation: 58.27% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
33		 Ontario
2 May 1985
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 12384(F) — 6 Jul 2023 22:04 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
63		 Successor:
LIB
 15,855 48.22% Edward A. Fulton

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Margaret Birch		 19 Feb 2024
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Margaret Birch		 19 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Margaret Birch		 19 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
Margaret Birch		 19 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 19 Feb 2024 22:26 (but data presented dynamically)

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