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♂ Vernon C. Knowles
aliasVernon C. Knowles
Record
32235 · 13355

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 1 1 2
Birth 20 December 1897 → 126 years + 4 months ago
Lived ± 87 years
First mandate 4 June 1945 → 78 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 47 years + 5 months
Death c. 1985 → 39 years ago
Exit → Death ± 36 years + 6 months after 6 June 1948
Special notes
None
 

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 3 0 2 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
2 documented challengers
⊖ John Newlands  m 
 		 ⊖ Robert D. Thornberry  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 34,558 Votes: 25,472 Participation: 73.71% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
22		 Ontario
4 June 1945
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 34942(F) — 23 Dec 2022 18:46 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
47
PC
 1/4 9,091 36.23% +640 Loser:
CCF
 8,451 33.68% Robert D. Thornberry

Service: 3 years 2 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 38,148 Votes: 25,433 Participation: 66.67% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
23		 Ontario
7 June 1948
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 35033(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
50
PC
 2/3 8,873 35.42% -1,688 Winner:
CCF
 10,561 42.15% Robert D. Thornberry

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Vernon Charles Knowles		 04 Sep 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Vernon Charles Knowles		 04 Sep 2023
EN Wikipedia
Vernon Charles Knowles		 04 Sep 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  4 Sep 2023 13:37 (but data presented dynamically)

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