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♂ Welland S. Gemmell
aliasWelland S. Gemmell
Record
22486 · 13392

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
Ontario 2 0 2
Total 2 1 3
Birth 10 October 1910 → 113 years + 6 months ago
Lived 43 years + 8 months
First mandate 7 June 1948 → 75 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 37 years + 7 months
Death 18 June 1954 → 69 years + 10 months ago
Died in office Yes
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 6 11 29 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Robert H. Carlin  m 
 		 ⊖ J. Léoda Gauthier  m 
 
Eligible: 62,123 Votes: 45,644 Participation: 73.47% Candidacies: 6
Federal
20		 Ontario
11 June 1945
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 23237(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
34
PC
 3/6 10,437 22.87% -6,979 Winner:
LIB
 17,416 38.16% J. Léoda Gauthier
Eligible: 42,674 Votes: 30,968 Participation: 72.57% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
23		 Ontario
7 June 1948
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 35082(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
37
PC
 1/5 8,892 29.01% +279 Loser:
ICCF
 8,613 28.10% Robert H. Carlin

Service: 3 years 5 months 14 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 48,098 Votes: 31,635 Participation: 65.77% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
24		 Ontario
22 November 1951
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 35175(F) — 24 Dec 2022 10:16 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
41
PC
 1/3 14,056 44.91% +2,418 Loser:
LIB
 11,638 37.18% Leopold Landreville

Service: 3 years 6 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 32,196 Votes: 22,886 Participation: 71.08% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
25		 Ontario
9 June 1955
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 35270(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
—
 Deceased
Age
43		 Successor:
PC
 8,957 39.73% Gerald J. Monaghan

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Welland Stewart Gemmell		 23 Sep 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Welland Stewart Gemmell		 23 Sep 2023
EN Wikipedia
Welland Gemmell		 23 Sep 2023
FR Wikipédia
Welland Gemmell		 23 Sep 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 23 Sep 2023 12:37 (but data presented dynamically)

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