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♂ David M. Kerr
aliasDavid M. Kerr
Record
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Irish-Canadian    Presbyterian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 2 1 3
Birth 15 May 1900 → 123 years + 11 months ago
Lived 77 years + 11 months
First mandate 22 November 1951 → 72 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 51 years + 6 months
Death 19 April 1978 → 46 years ago
Exit → Death 18 years + 10 months after 10 June 1959
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 7 6 16 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
2 documented challengers
⊖ G. Eamon Park  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Andrew E.J. Thompson  m 
 
Eligible: 37,450 Votes: 22,457 Participation: 59.97% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
24		 Ontario
22 November 1951
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 35112(F) — 23 Dec 2022 20:42 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
51
PC
 1/3 8,595 38.98% +462 Loser:
CCF
 8,133 36.89% G. Eamon Park

Service: 3 years 6 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 31,657 Votes: 17,702 Participation: 55.92% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
25		 Ontario
9 June 1955
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 35207(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
55
PC
 1/4 6,288 36.12% +383 Loser:
CCF
 5,905 33.92% G. Eamon Park

Service: 4 years 1 day (Gov't)
Eligible: 28,707 Votes: 15,635 Participation: 54.46% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
26		 Ontario
11 June 1959
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 35317(F) — 24 Dec 2022 11:47 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
59
PC
 2/4 5,118 33.32% -218 Winner:
LIB
 5,336 34.74% Andrew E.J. Thompson

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
David McMaster Kerr		 19 Aug 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
David McMaster Kerr		 19 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
David Kerr (Ontario politician)		 19 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 19 Aug 2023 09:37 (but data presented dynamically)

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