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♂ Leslie W. Oke
aliasLeslie W. Oke
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 60%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 3 2 5
Birth 18 June 1877 → 146 years + 10 months ago
Lived ± 77 years
First mandate 20 October 1919 → 104 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 42 years + 4 months
Death c. 1955 → 69 years ago
Exit → Death ± 25 years + 2 months after 29 October 1929
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 10 0 7 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. ON 16–17
UFO
 1 Party leader 47–52 15 Jan 1925 — 31 Oct 1929 4 9 16

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
4 documented challengers
⊖ Thomas H. Fraleigh  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Milton D. McVicar  m 
 		 ⊖ John B. Martyn  m 
⊖ John T. Sproule  m 
 
Eligible: 11,128 Votes: 8,896 Participation: 79.94% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
15		 Ontario
20 October 1919
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UFO  Minority
ID: 34176(F) — 17 Dec 2022 11:59 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
42
UFO
 1/3 4,575 53.09% +2,414 Loser:
LC
 2,161 25.08% John B. Martyn

Service: 3 years 8 months 4 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 10,957 Votes: 7,306 Participation: 66.68% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
16		 Ontario
25 June 1923
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 34303(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
46
UFO
 1/3 3,224 44.28% +458 Loser:
LC
 2,766 37.99% William Dawson

Service: 3 years 5 months 5 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 15,351 Votes: 10,526 Participation: 68.57% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
17		 Ontario
1 December 1926
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 34426(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
49
UFO
 1/2 6,075 57.88% +1,654 Loser:
LC
 4,421 42.12% John T. Sproule

Service: 2 years 10 months 28 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 15,427 Votes: 10,594 Participation: 68.67% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
18		 Ontario
30 October 1929
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 34541(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent → (Party leader)
Age
52
UFO
 2/3 3,857 36.58% -775 Winner:
LC
 4,632 43.93% Thomas H. Fraleigh
Eligible: 18,648 Votes: 13,918 Participation: 74.64% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
19		 Ontario
19 June 1934
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 34669(F) — 28 Dec 2022 07:44 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
57
UFO
 3/4 347 2.52% -7,488 Winner:
LIB
 7,835 56.80% Milton D. McVicar

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
Leslie W. Oke		 05 Sep 2023
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Leslie Warner Oke		 05 Sep 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Leslie Warner Oke		 05 Sep 2023
EN Wikipedia
Leslie Warner Oke		 05 Sep 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  5 Sep 2023 22:10 (but data presented dynamically)

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