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♂ Raymond C. Edwards
aliasRaymond C. Edwards
Record
18278 · 13435

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 1 2 3
Birth 2 August 1920 → 103 years + 9 months ago
Lived 96 years + 6 months
First mandate 11 June 1959 → 64 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 38 years + 10 months
Death 6 February 2017 → 7 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 53 years + 4 months after 24 September 1963
Special notes
None
 
Raymond C. Edwards (1920–2017)
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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 4 3 13 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
5 documented challengers
⊕ Brian A. Charlton  m 
⊖ Arthur J. Child  m 
⊖ John R. Smith  m 
 		 ⊖ John Charlton  m 
⊖ Donald W. Ewen  m 
 
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
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
38
LIB
 1/3 9,318 37.41% +945 Loser:
PC
 8,373 33.61% Arthur J. Child

Service: 4 years 3 months 13 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 53,969 Votes: 32,436 Participation: 60.10% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
27		 Ontario
25 September 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 35499(F) — 6 Jul 2023 11:49 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
43
LIB
 2/3 11,146 34.68% -943 Winner:
PC
 12,089 37.61% Donald W. Ewen
Eligible: 45,488 Votes: 33,041 Participation: 72.64% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
30		 Ontario
18 September 1975
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 12455(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
55
LIB
 3/4 8,921 27.11% -3,848 Winner:
PC
 12,769 38.80% John R. Smith

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
Raymond Clare Edwards		 22 Feb 2024
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Raymond Clare Edwards		 22 Feb 2024
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Raymond Clare Edwards		 22 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Raymond Clare Edwards		 22 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 22 Feb 2024 21:11 (but data presented dynamically)

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