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♂ Hans (Harry) De Jong
aliasHans (Harry) De Jong
Record
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Dutch-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
British Columbia 2 0 2
Birth 25 March 1932 → 92 years + 1 month ago
Lived 81 years + 10 months
First mandate 22 October 1986 → 37 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 54 years + 6 months
Death 6 February 2014 → 10 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 19 years + 3 months after 1 November 1994
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
British Columbia 8 0 9 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Peter A. Dueck  m 
 
 
Eligible: 38,675 Votes: 51,245 Participation: 66.25% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
34		 British Columbia
22 October 1986
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 35842(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
54
SC
 2/5 15,900 62.82% +9,095 Loser:
NDP
 6,805 26.89% Violet Bergen

Service: 4 years 11 months 24 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 25,630 Votes: 18,839 Participation: 73.50% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
35		 British Columbia
17 October 1991
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 7858(F) — 5 Mar 2022 08:18 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
59
SC
 1/3 6,647 36.12% +138 Loser:
LIB
 6,509 35.37% Calvin A. Wickham
After his election:
1 Nov 1994 62
SC
 →
Vac.
 Left provincial politics
Service: 3 years 15 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 29,877 Votes: 13,166 Participation: 44.07% Candidacies: 8
Provincial
35		 British Columbia
3 May 1995
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 10960(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
63		 Successor:
LIB
 5,588 42.81% John van Dongen

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
Harry de Jong		 25 Jul 2023

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