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♂ Edward Bigelow Jolliffe
aliasTed Jolliffe
Record
30383 · 13349

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 2 2
Ontario 2 2 4
Total 2 4 6
Birth 2 March 1909 → 115 years + 2 months ago
Lived 89 years
First mandate 4 August 1943 → 80 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 34 years + 5 months
Death 18 March 1998 → 26 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 46 years + 3 months after 21 November 1951
Special notes
None
 
Edward (Ted) Bigelow Jolliffe (1909–1998)
© Photo 1942 John Steele — Public domain
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
Ontario 5 3 13 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. ON 20–24
CCF
 1 Party leader 33–44 04 Apr 1942 — 20 Nov 1953 11 7 16
2. ON 21
CCF
 1 Opposition Leader 34–36 04 Aug 1943 — 03 Jun 1945 1 9 30
3. ON 23
CCF
 2 Opposition Leader 39–42 07 Jun 1948 — 21 Nov 1951 3 5 14

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 6  
6 documented challengers
⊖ William G. Beech  m 
⊖ Robert H. McGregor  m 
⊖ Douglas G. Ross  m 
 		 ⊖ Salter A. Hayden  m 
⊖ Norman Penner  m 
⊖ Howard J. Sale  m 
 
Eligible: 43,115 Votes: 26,515 Participation: 61.50% Candidacies: 4
Federal
18		 Ontario
14 October 1935
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22726(F) — 5 Jul 2023 20:13 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
26
CCF
 4/4 2,628 9.91% -8,224 Winner:
LC
 10,852 40.93% Douglas G. Ross
Eligible: 51,544 Votes: 34,101 Participation: 66.16% Candidacies: 3
Federal
19		 Ontario
26 March 1940
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23010(F) — 5 Jul 2023 22:22 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
31
CCF
 3/3 4,931 14.46% -11,810 Winner:
NATG
 16,741 49.09% Robert H. McGregor
Eligible: 46,995 Votes: 22,520 Participation: 47.92% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
21		 Ontario
4 August 1943
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 34914(F) — 23 Dec 2022 15:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature (Party leader)
Age
34
CCF
 1/3 11,024 49.32% +2,484 Loser:
PC
 8,540 38.21% George M. Dix

Service: 1 year 9 months 30 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 53,900 Votes: 36,862 Participation: 68.39% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
22		 Ontario
4 June 1945
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 35005(F) — 23 Dec 2022 19:21 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent → (Party leader)
Age
36
CCF
 2/5 14,125 38.44% -768 Winner:
PC
 14,893 40.53% Howard J. Sale
Eligible: 57,985 Votes: 39,415 Participation: 67.97% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
23		 Ontario
7 June 1948
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 35096(F) — 1 Oct 2021 14:55 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus (Party leader)
Age
39
CCF
 1/3 19,320 49.52% +4,465 Loser:
PC
 14,855 38.08% William Gibson

Service: 3 years 5 months 14 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 60,168 Votes: 35,342 Participation: 58.74% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
24		 Ontario
22 November 1951
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 35189(F) — 4 Feb 2023 15:04 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent → (Party leader)
Age
42
CCF
 2/4 13,246 38.13% -514 Winner:
PC
 13,760 39.61% William G. Beech

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Edward Bigelow Jolliffe		 27 Apr 2024
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Edward Bigelow Jolliffe		 27 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Ted Jolliffe		 27 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Ted Jolliffe		 27 Apr 2024

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