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♂ F.C. Austin Pelton
aliasF.C. Austin Pelton
Record
48915 · 13491

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
British Columbia 2 0 2
Birth 19 March 1920 → 104 years + 1 month ago
Lived 82 years + 11 months
First mandate 5 May 1983 → 40 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 63 years + 1 month
Death 19 February 2003 → 21 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 11 years + 4 months after 16 October 1991
Special notes
None
 

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
British Columbia 8 5 10 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
2 documented challengers
⊕ William J. Hartley  m 
 		 ⊖ J.A. Norman Jacobsen  m 
 
Eligible: 39,537 Votes: 32,431 Participation: 82.03% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
33		 British Columbia
5 May 1983
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 35797(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
63
SC
 1/4 15,820 49.34% +551 Loser:
NDP
 15,269 47.62% Sophie Weremchuk

Service: 3 years 5 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 41,202 Votes: 64,113 Participation: 77.80% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
34		 British Columbia
22 October 1986
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 35849(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
66
SC
 1/5 15,614 49.30% +335 Loser:
NDP
 15,279 48.24% Sophie Weremchuk

Service: 4 years 11 months 24 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 33,760 Votes: 26,003 Participation: 77.02% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
35		 British Columbia
17 October 1991
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 7880(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
71		 Successor:
NDP
 11,591 45.16% William J. Hartley

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
Austin Pelton		 03 Sep 2023
FR Wikipédia
Austin Pelton		 03 Sep 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  3 Sep 2023 21:46 (but data presented dynamically)

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