Canada's electoral history from 1867 to today

Roland Roy McMurtry
aliasRoy McMurtry
Record
42381 · 13460

Type of record
Elected candidate
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate
Deceased Performance: 75%
 
Ontario 3 1 4
Birth 31 May 1932 → 91 years + 10 months ago
Lived 91 years + 9 months
First mandate 18 September 1975 → 48 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 43 years + 3 months
Death 18 March 2024 → 1 month ago
Exit → Death 39 years + 1 month after 4 February 1985
Special notes
None
 
Roland Roy McMurtry (1932–2024)
© Photo 2009 Joshua Paquin — licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0
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 9 4 16 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
3 documented challengers
Hardial S. Bains  m 
J. Ross Taylor  m 
 
Margaret Campbell  f 
 
Eligible: 45,412 Votes: 19,648 Participation: 43.27% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
29
Ontario
15 March 1973
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 32591(F) — 26 Feb 2022 13:13 ET
Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
40
PC
2/6 7,039 35.83% -1,351 Winner:
LIB
8,390 42.70% Margaret Campbell
Eligible: 47,801 Votes: 32,955 Participation: 68.94% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
30
Ontario
18 September 1975
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 12441(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
→ New to this legislature
Age
43
PC
1/5 16,679 50.97% +5,894 Loser:
LIB
10,785 32.96% Frank Judge

Service:
1 year 8 months 21 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 47,471 Votes: 32,462 Participation: 68.38% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
31
Ontario
9 June 1977
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 12065(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
PC
1/5 19,213 59.60% +11,742 Loser:
LIB
7,471 23.17% W.L. McCann

Service:
3 years 9 months 9 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 46,776 Votes: 27,063 Participation: 57.86% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
32
Ontario
19 March 1981
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12191(F) — 26 Feb 2022 17:24 ET
Re-elected incumbent
Age
48
PC
1/4 17,386 64.92% +11,780 Loser:
LIB
5,606 20.93% Keith Polson
After his election:
4 Feb 1985 52
PC
Vac.
To accept an appointment (judge, senator, etc.)
Service: 3 years 10 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 46,346 Votes: 31,246 Participation: 67.42% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
33
Ontario
2 May 1985
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 12316(F) — 6 Jul 2023 14:26 ET
Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
52
Successor:
PC
13,503 43.60% David J. McFadden

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Roland "Roy" McMurtry
21 Mar 2024
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Roland "Roy" McMurtry
21 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Roy McMurtry
21 Mar 2024
FR Wikipédia
Roy McMurtry
21 Mar 2024


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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 11 Apr 2024 20:08 (but data presented dynamically)