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♂ Melbourne A. Doig
aliasMelbourne A. Doig
Record
16399 · 13473

Type of record
Elected candidate
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate ✓		 Deceased Performance: 0%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 5 5
Ontario 0 1 1
Total 0 6 6
Birth c. 1912 → 112 years ago
Lived ± 86 years
First run 27 June 1949 → 74 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age ± 37 years
Death 25 October 1998 → 25 years + 6 months ago
 
Special notes
None
 

Melbourne A. Doig (c.1912–1998)
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Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. ON 31–32
COMM
 1 Party leader 68–69 01 Aug 1980 — 31 Dec 1981 1 4 30

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 6  
8 documented challengers
⊖ William Andres  m 
⊕ Antonio Lupusella  m 
⊖ Humphrey Mitchell  m 
⊖ John Roberts  m 
 		 ⊖ Ronald G. Atkey  m 
⊖ William H. McMillan  m 
⊖ Joseph L. Reid  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Melvin Leroy Swart  m 
 
Eligible: 68,304 Votes: 50,736 Participation: 74.28% Candidacies: 4
Federal
21		 Ontario
27 June 1949
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23527(F) — 27 Jan 2022 16:58 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
±37
LPP
 4/4 1,711 3.41% -22,023 Winner:
LIB
 23,734 47.28% Humphrey Mitchell
Eligible: 68,304 Votes: 40,172 Participation: 58.81% Candidacies: 4
Federal
21		 Ontario
16 October 1950
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23657(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
±38
LPP
 4/4 1,616 4.02% -17,937 Winner:
LIB
 19,553 48.67% William H. McMillan
Eligible: 70,116 Votes: 50,668 Participation: 72.26% Candidacies: 6
Federal
31		 Ontario
22 May 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 4484(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
±67
COMM
 5/6 111 0.22% -23,333 Winner:
PC
 23,444 46.27% Joseph L. Reid
Eligible: 56,653 Votes: 39,758 Participation: 70.18% Candidacies: 9
Federal
32		 Ontario
18 February 1980
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4203(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
±68
COMM
 7/9 76 0.19% -17,829 Winner:
LIB
 17,905 45.25% John M. Roberts
Eligible: 23,516 Votes: 14,725 Participation: 62.62% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
32		 Ontario
19 March 1981
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12185(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature (Party leader)
Age
±69
COMM
 5/5 162 1.12% -5,329 Winner:
NDP
 5,491 37.81% Antonio Lupusella
Eligible: 71,748 Votes: 53,805 Participation: 74.99% Candidacies: 7
Federal
33		 Ontario
4 September 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3921(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
±72
COMM
 6/7 93 0.17% -26,528 Winner:
PC
 26,621 49.73% Joseph L. Reid

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
Melbourne Anderson Doig		 18 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
Mel Doig		 18 Dec 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 18 Dec 2023 21:29 (but data presented dynamically)

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