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♂ Otto John Jelinek
aliasOtto Jelinek
Record
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☆   Czech-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 6 0 6
Birth 20 May 1940
Age 83 years + 11 months
First mandate 30 October 1972 → 51 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 32 years + 5 months
 
Mandate ended 30 years + 6 months ago (24 October 1993)
Special notes
Born Otakar Jelínek.
 
Otto John Jelinek (1940– )
© Photo 2014 OISV — licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
A decade before his political career began, Jelinek and his sister Maria were the 1962 world champions in pair skating.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 20 11 19

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 33
PC
 1 Minister of State/responsible 44–47 17 Sep 1984 — 30 Mar 1988 3 6 13
2. CA 33
PC
 1 Minister 47–48 31 Mar 1988 — 29 Jan 1989 0 9 29
3. CA 33
PC
 1 Minister 47–48 31 Mar 1988 — 29 Jan 1989 0 9 29
4. CA 33
PC
 1 ✓ Minister 48 08 Dec 1988 — 29 Jan 1989 0 1 21
5. CA 34
PC
 1 Minister 48–53 30 Jan 1989 — 24 Jun 1993 4 4 25
 1. Fitness and Amateur Sport [National Health and Welfare]
 2. Supply and Services
 3. Receiver General [Supply and Services]
 4. Public Works [Int]
 5. National Revenue

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 7  
5 documented challengers
⊕ M.A. Bonnie Brown  f 
⊕ Kevin D. Flynn  m 
⊖ Frank A. Philbrook  m 
 		 ⊖ Walter C. Deakon  m 
⊕ Murray A. McBride  m 
 
Eligible: 53,896 Votes: 43,279 Participation: 80.30% Candidacies: 5
Federal
29		 Ontario
30 October 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 10236(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
32
PC
 1/5 18,329 42.35% +1,903 Loser:
LIB
 16,426 37.95% Walter C. Deakon

Service: 1 year 8 months 7 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 53,016 Votes: 40,997 Participation: 77.33% Candidacies: 6
Federal
30		 Ontario
8 July 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10500(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
34
PC
 1/6 17,389 42.65% +255 Loser:
LIB
 17,134 42.03% Murray A. McBride

Service: 4 years 10 months 13 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 69,087 Votes: 54,154 Participation: 78.39% Candidacies: 6
Federal
31		 Ontario
22 May 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 4437(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
39
PC
 1/6 28,850 53.27% +11,681 Loser:
LIB
 17,169 31.70% Frank A. Philbrook

Service: 8 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 69,087 Votes: 53,089 Participation: 76.84% Candidacies: 6
Federal
32		 Ontario
18 February 1980
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4155(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
39
PC
 1/6 24,752 46.78% +5,372 Loser:
LIB
 19,380 36.62% Bill Perras

Service: 4 years 6 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 80,001 Votes: 63,163 Participation: 78.95% Candidacies: 4
Federal
33		 Ontario
4 September 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3870(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
44
PC
 1/4 38,076 60.57% +23,951 Loser:
LIB
 14,125 22.47% Oriena R.M. Currie

Service: 4 years 2 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 64,873 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Federal
34		 Ontario
21 November 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3602(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
48
PC
 1/5 35,033 54.00% +12,240 Loser:
LIB
 22,793 35.13% M.A. Bonnie Brown

Service: 4 years 11 months 3 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 100,723 Votes: 73,782 Participation: 73.25% Candidacies: 6
Federal
35		 Ontario
25 October 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3306(F) — 6 Sep 2021 22:06 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
53		 Successor:
LIB
 34,124 46.56% M.A. Bonnie Brown

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Otto John Jelinek, P.C.		 09 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Otto John Jelinek, C.P.		 09 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Otto Jelinek		 09 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Otto Jelinek		 09 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  9 Apr 2024 22:50 (but data presented dynamically)

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