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♂ Emery O. Barnes
aliasEmery O. Barnes
Record
2749 · 13220

African-American   ∞1
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 86%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
British Columbia 6 1 7
Birth 15 December 1929 → 94 years + 4 months ago
Lived 68 years + 6 months
First mandate 30 August 1972 → 51 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 42 years + 8 months
Death 1 July 1998 → 25 years + 9 months ago
Exit → Death 2 years + 1 month after 27 May 1996
Special notes
None
 
Emery O. Barnes (1929–1998)
© Photo Gail Arlene Ito — licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
Family tie with other documented individual
⊕ Constance Barnes (c. 1959–) Daughter  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
British Columbia 23 8 21 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. BC 35
NDP
 1 Speaker 64–66 22 Mar 1994 — 27 May 1996 2 2 5

Electoral history

Races 7  
Path points 8  
8 documented challengers
⊕ A. Kim Campbell  f 
⊕ Miguel Figueroa  m 
⊖ Gary V. Lauk  m  (4 runoffs)
⊖ Maurice Rush  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Harold P. (Herb) Capozzi  m  (3 runoffs)
⊕ Michael F. Harcourt  m 
⊖ Shirley E. McLoughlin  f 
⊖ Evan M. Wolfe  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 46,362 Votes: 49,882 Participation: 53.80% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
29		 British Columbia
27 August 1969
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 30056(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
39
NDP
 3/6 9,446 38.28% -1,265 Winner:
SC
 10,711 43.40% Evan M. Wolfe
Eligible: 47,982 Votes: 53,973 Participation: 56.24% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
30		 British Columbia
30 August 1972
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 30104(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
42
NDP
 1/6 12,120 45.36% +2,083 Loser:
SC
 10,037 37.57% Harold P. (Herb) Capozzi

Service: 3 years 3 months 10 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 49,500 Votes: 52,606 Participation: 53.14% Candidacies: 11
Provincial
31		 British Columbia
11 December 1975
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 30154(F) — 4 Mar 2022 21:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
NDP
 2/11 12,252 46.58% +999 Loser:
SC
 11,253 42.78% Harold P. (Herb) Capozzi

Service: 3 years 4 months 28 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 62,920 Votes: 63,517 Participation: 50.47% Candidacies: 8
Provincial
32		 British Columbia
10 May 1979
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 30204(F) — 13 Jan 2022 07:56 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
49
NDP
 2/8 17,361 55.82% +5,128 Loser:
SC
 12,233 39.33% Thomas W. Kennedy

Service: 3 years 11 months 24 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 53,512 Votes: 66,150 Participation: 61.81% Candidacies: 7
Provincial
33		 British Columbia
5 May 1983
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 35825(F) — 28 Dec 2023 15:31 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
NDP
 1/7 18,960 57.40% +6,220 Loser:
SC
 12,740 38.57% A. Kim Campbell

Service: 3 years 5 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 53,858 Votes: 71,885 Participation: 66.74% Candidacies: 9
Provincial
34		 British Columbia
22 October 1986
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 35877(F) — 4 Mar 2022 23:10 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
56
NDP
 2/9 20,885 58.11% +9,920 Loser:
SC
 10,965 30.51% Robert Gardner

Service: 4 years 11 months 24 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 29,952 Votes: 19,646 Participation: 65.59% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
35		 British Columbia
17 October 1991
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 7918(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
61
NDP
 1/4 9,725 50.93% +2,998 Loser:
LIB
 6,727 35.23% Steven R. Bourne

Service: 4 years 7 months 10 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 34,585 Votes: 21,677 Participation: 62.68% Candidacies: 7
Provincial
36		 British Columbia
28 May 1996
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 7993(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
66		 Successor:
NDP
 10,646 49.70% Tim Stevenson

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
Emery Barnes		 05 Feb 2024

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