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♂ Albert Kolyn
aliasAl Kolyn
Record
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Ukranian-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 17%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 2 2
Ontario 1 3 4
Total 1 5 6
Birth 13 November 1932 → 91 years + 5 months ago
Lived 91 years + 2 months
First mandate 19 March 1981 → 43 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age 48 years + 4 months
Death 17 January 2024 → 3 months ago
Exit → Death 38 years + 8 months after 1 May 1985
Special notes
None
 
Albert Kolyn (1932–2024)
© Photo Legislative Assembly, Ontario — Fair trade
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 1 12 Z

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 6  
3 documented challengers
⊕ Ruth A. Grier  f  (2 runoffs)
⊖ W. Kenneth Robinson  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Patrick D. Lawlor  m 
 
Eligible: 43,035 Votes: 26,848 Participation: 62.39% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
31		 Ontario
9 June 1977
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 12094(F) — 20 Aug 2023 14:43 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
44
PC
 2/4 7,957 29.88% -5,295 Winner:
NDP
 13,252 49.76% Patrick D. Lawlor
Eligible: 60,014 Votes: 45,469 Participation: 75.76% Candidacies: 6
Federal
31		 Ontario
22 May 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 4432(F) — 20 Aug 2023 14:43 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
46
PC
 2/6 15,044 33.09% -747 Winner:
LIB
 15,791 34.73% W. Kenneth Robinson
Eligible: 60,014 Votes: 44,090 Participation: 73.47% Candidacies: 5
Federal
32		 Ontario
18 February 1980
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4150(F) — 20 Aug 2023 14:43 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
47
PC
 2/5 13,209 30.12% -4,694 Winner:
LIB
 17,903 40.83% W. Kenneth Robinson
Eligible: 43,264 Votes: 26,415 Participation: 61.06% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
32		 Ontario
19 March 1981
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12218(F) — 20 Aug 2023 14:43 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
48
PC
 1/4 10,607 40.65% +1,232 Loser:
NDP
 9,375 35.93% Donald Sullivan

Service: 4 years 1 month 12 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 42,877 Votes: 29,125 Participation: 67.93% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
33		 Ontario
2 May 1985
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 12343(F) — 20 Aug 2023 14:43 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
52
PC
 3/3 7,886 27.26% -3,653 Winner:
NDP
 11,539 39.89% Ruth A. Grier
Eligible: 50,895 Votes: 33,529 Participation: 65.88% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
34		 Ontario
10 September 1987
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 5588(F) — 20 Aug 2023 14:43 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
54
PC
 3/4 4,760 14.32% -10,061 Winner:
NDP
 14,821 44.59% Ruth A. Grier

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Albert Kolyn		 11 Apr 2024
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Albert Kolyn		 11 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Al Kolyn		 11 Apr 2024

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