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♂ Walter L. Cobb
aliasWalter L. Cobb
Record
11699 · 13271

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
British Columbia 1 1 2
Birth c. 1944
Age ± 80 years
First mandate 16 May 2001 → 22 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age ± 57 years
 
Mandate ended 18 years + 11 months ago (16 May 2005)
Special notes
None
 
Walter L. Cobb (c.1944– )
© Photo 2022 Monica Lamb-Yorski / The Williams Lake Tribune — 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 4 0 0 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
2 documented challengers
⊕ Charles R. Wyse  m 
 		 ⊕ David Zirnhelt  m 
 
Eligible: 22,162 Votes: 16,556 Participation: 74.70% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
37		 British Columbia
16 May 2001
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 8017(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:23 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±57
LIB
 1/6 10,259 62.21% +6,000 Loser:
NDP
 4,259 25.83% David Zirnhelt

Service: 4 years (Gov't)
Eligible: 23,604 Votes: 15,916 Participation: 67.43% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
38		 British Columbia
17 May 2005
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 8097(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:23 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
±61
LIB
 2/4 7,163 45.27% -114 Winner:
NDP
 7,277 45.99% Charles R. Wyse

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
Walt Cobb		 07 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  7 Feb 2024 20:41 (but data presented dynamically)

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