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♂ Arthur J. Child
aliasArthur J. Child
Record
10827 · 13415

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 2 1 3
Birth 15 September 1915 → 108 years + 7 months ago
Lived 80 years + 9 months
First mandate 22 November 1951 → 72 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 36 years + 2 months
Death 30 June 1996 → 27 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 37 years + 20 days after 10 June 1959
Special notes
None
 

Arthur J. Child (1915–1996)
No photo available
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  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Joseph L. Easton  m 
⊖ Russell E. Reinke  m 
 		 ⊖ Raymond C. Edwards  m 
 
Eligible: 55,193 Votes: 29,299 Participation: 53.08% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
24		 Ontario
22 November 1951
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 35183(F) — 24 Dec 2022 10:22 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
36
PC
 1/3 11,004 37.97% +408 Loser:
CCF
 10,596 36.56% Joseph L. Easton

Service: 3 years 6 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 29,344 Votes: 16,963 Participation: 57.81% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
25		 Ontario
9 June 1955
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 35278(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
39
PC
 1/4 6,821 40.77% +1,437 Loser:
LIB
 5,384 32.18% Brian Morison

Service: 4 years 1 day (Gov't)
Eligible: 43,278 Votes: 25,132 Participation: 58.07% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
26		 Ontario
11 June 1959
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 35393(F) — 24 Dec 2022 11:41 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
43
PC
 2/3 8,373 33.61% -945 Winner:
LIB
 9,318 37.41% Raymond C. Edwards

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
Arthur John "Art" Child		 22 Feb 2024
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Arthur John Child		 22 Feb 2024
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Arthur John Child		 22 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Art Child		 22 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
Arthur Child		 22 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 22 Feb 2024 21:14 (but data presented dynamically)

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