Canada's electoral history from 1867 to today

Leslie E. Blackwell
aliasLeslie E. Blackwell
Record
5180 · 13061

Type of record
Elected candidate
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate
Deceased Performance: 75%
 
Ontario 3 1 4
Birth 9 November 1897 → 126 years + 5 months ago
Lived 61 years + 11 months
First mandate 4 August 1943 → 80 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 45 years + 8 months
Death 20 October 1959 → 64 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 7 years + 10 months after 21 November 1951
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 8 3 15 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
1 documented challenger
Harold J. Kirby  m  (2 runoffs)
 

 
Eligible: 43,190 Votes: 30,697 Participation: 71.07% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
20
Ontario
6 October 1937
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 34741(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
39
LC
2/3 13,705 45.12% -1,104 Winner:
LIB
14,809 48.75% Harold J. Kirby
Eligible: 46,948 Votes: 27,675 Participation: 58.95% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
21
Ontario
4 August 1943
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 34840(F) — 23 Dec 2022 15:07 ET
→ New to this legislature
Age
45
PC
1/3 13,832 50.23% +6,887 Loser:
LIB
6,945 25.22% Harold J. Kirby

Service:
1 year 9 months 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 52,504 Votes: 41,269 Participation: 78.60% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
22
Ontario
4 June 1945
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 34931(F) — 23 Dec 2022 19:22 ET
Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
PC
1/4 26,115 63.72% +18,830 Loser:
CCF
7,285 17.78% Raymond A. Ruggles

Service:
3 years 2 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 52,982 Votes: 36,644 Participation: 69.16% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
23
Ontario
7 June 1948
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 35022(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
PC
1/3 18,767 51.62% +9,543 Loser:
LIB
9,224 25.37% Frederick Duncan

Service:
3 years 5 months 14 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 50,613 Votes: 33,902 Participation: 66.98% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
24
Ontario
22 November 1951
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 35115(F) — 23 Dec 2022 20:45 ET
Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
54
Successor:
PC
21,876 65.20% William J. Dunlop

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Leslie Egerton Blackwell
28 Jul 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Leslie Egerton Blackwell
28 Jul 2023
EN Wikipedia
Leslie Blackwell
28 Jul 2023


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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 28 Jul 2023 10:29 (but data presented dynamically)