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♂ Richard B. Beckett
aliasRichard B. Beckett
Record
3531 · 12545

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 1 2 3
Birth c. 1919 → 105 years ago
Lived ± 64 years
First mandate 21 October 1971 → 52 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age ± 52 years
Death 7 March 1983 → 41 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 7 years + 5 months after 17 September 1975
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
Ontario 3 10 27 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
2 documented challengers
⊖ George T. Gordon  m 
 		 ⊖ Mitro (Mac) Makarchuk  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 24,637 Votes: 17,533 Participation: 71.17% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
27		 Ontario
25 September 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 35418(F) — 24 Dec 2022 15:31 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
±44
PC
 2/4 7,549 43.41% -23 Winner:
LIB
 7,572 43.55% George T. Gordon
Eligible: 45,838 Votes: 37,035 Participation: 80.80% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
29		 Ontario
21 October 1971
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14083(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±52
PC
 1/3 16,632 45.04% +4,524 Loser:
NDP
 12,108 32.79% Mitro (Mac) Makarchuk

Service: 3 years 10 months 27 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 42,504 Votes: 30,880 Participation: 72.65% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
30		 Ontario
18 September 1975
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 12422(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
±56
PC
 3/4 9,063 29.47% -2,949 Winner:
NDP
 12,012 39.06% Mitro (Mac) Makarchuk

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Richard B. Beckett		 26 Jul 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Richard B. Beckett		 26 Jul 2023
EN Wikipedia
Richard B. Beckett		 26 Jul 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 26 Jul 2023 23:56 (but data presented dynamically)

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