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♂ S. Victor Railton
aliasS. Victor Railton
Record
51397 · 1349

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 2 0 2
Birth 28 February 1906 → 118 years + 2 months ago
Lived 90 years + 4 months
First mandate 30 October 1972 → 51 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 66 years + 8 months
Death 23 July 1996 → 27 years + 9 months ago
Exit → Death 17 years + 2 months after 21 May 1979
Special notes
None
 
S. Victor Railton (1906–1996) 200x261
© Photo 1974 House of Commons (Canada) — 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
Canada 6 6 18

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
Documented challenger
None
 
 
Eligible: 51,213 Votes: 38,510 Participation: 75.20% Candidacies: 3
Federal
29		 Ontario
30 October 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 10288(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
66
LIB
 1/3 18,693 49.29% +6,716 Loser:
PC
 11,977 31.58% Kent Hodgson

Service: 1 year 8 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 53,088 Votes: 37,845 Participation: 71.29% Candidacies: 4
Federal
30		 Ontario
8 July 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10552(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
68
LIB
 1/4 21,228 56.52% +12,121 Loser:
PC
 9,107 24.25% Alex McCrae

Service: 4 years 10 months 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 57,200 Votes: 43,066 Participation: 75.29% Candidacies: 6
Federal
31		 Ontario
22 May 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 4495(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
73		 Successor:
LIB
 16,025 37.21% Gilbert Parent

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Samuel Victor Railton, F.R.C.S., M.P.		 18 Dec 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Samuel Victor Railton, F.R.C.S., député		 18 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
Victor Railton		 18 Dec 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 18 Dec 2023 21:44 (but data presented dynamically)

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