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♂ Thomas A. Wardle
aliasThomas A. Wardle
Record
64010 · 12504

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 25%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
Ontario 1 2 3
Total 1 3 4
Birth 30 October 1913 → 110 years + 6 months ago
Lived 91 years + 7 months
First mandate 21 October 1971 → 52 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 57 years + 11 months
Death 20 June 2005 → 18 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 29 years + 9 months after 17 September 1975
Special notes
None
 
Thomas A. Wardle (1913–2005)
© 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 3 10 27 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Marion H. Bryden  f  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Reid Scott  m 
 		 ⊕ Timothy E. Reid  m 
 
Eligible: 51,709 Votes: 39,913 Participation: 77.19% Candidacies: 3
Federal
27		 Ontario
8 November 1965
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 25120(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
52
PC
 3/3 9,242 23.42% -10,078 Winner:
NDP
 19,320 48.95% Reid Scott
Eligible: 38,131 Votes: 28,115 Participation: 73.73% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
29		 Ontario
21 October 1971
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14080(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
57
PC
 1/5 13,768 49.25% +2,630 Loser:
NDP
 11,138 39.84% Bruce Kidd

Service: 3 years 10 months 27 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 37,974 Votes: 25,311 Participation: 66.65% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
30		 Ontario
18 September 1975
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 12419(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
61
PC
 2/4 8,576 34.10% -2,886 Winner:
NDP
 11,462 45.58% Marion H. Bryden
Eligible: 38,432 Votes: 24,942 Participation: 64.90% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
31		 Ontario
9 June 1977
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 12043(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
63
PC
 2/6 9,217 37.31% -2,274 Winner:
NDP
 11,491 46.51% Marion H. Bryden

Online biographical references (2)

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

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