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♂ Helmut Giesbrecht
aliasHelmut Giesbrecht
Record
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Ukranian-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
British Columbia 2 1 3
Birth 18 February 1943 → 81 years + 2 months ago
Lived 77 years + 7 months
First mandate 17 October 1991 → 32 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 48 years + 7 months
Death 9 October 2020 → 3 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 19 years + 4 months after 15 May 2001
Special notes
None
 
Helmut Giesbrecht (1943–2020)
© Photo 2020 Terrace Standard — Fair trade
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 9 6 27 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
3 documented challengers
⊕ Andrew Burton  m 
⊕ David F.H. Parker  m 
 		 ⊕ Roger B. Harris  m 
 
Eligible: 16,828 Votes: 12,193 Participation: 72.46% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
35		 British Columbia
17 October 1991
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 7912(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
48
NDP
 1/3 5,597 46.67% +831 Loser:
SC
 4,766 39.74% David F.H. Parker

Service: 4 years 7 months 10 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 18,894 Votes: 13,362 Participation: 70.72% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
36		 British Columbia
28 May 1996
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 7987(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
NDP
 1/5 5,353 40.34% +635 Loser:
LIB
 4,718 35.56% Rick Wozney

Service: 4 years 11 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 18,506 Votes: 13,349 Participation: 72.13% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
37		 British Columbia
16 May 2001
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 8059(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:23 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
58
NDP
 2/5 2,644 19.91% -6,009 Winner:
LIB
 8,653 65.15% Roger B. Harris

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
Helmut Giesbrecht		 07 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  7 Feb 2024 22:10 (but data presented dynamically)

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