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♂ Gordon W. Hanson
aliasGordon W. Hanson
Record
25903 · 13512

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
British Columbia 3 1 4
Birth 18 July 1943 → 80 years + 9 months ago
Lived 77 years + 1 month
First mandate 10 May 1979 → 44 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 35 years + 9 months
Death 30 August 2020 → 3 years + 7 months ago
Exit → Death 28 years + 10 months after 16 October 1991
Special notes
None
 
Gordon W. Hanson (1943–2020)
© Photo 2020 Vancouver Sun/The Province Obituaries — 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
British Columbia 12 5 4 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
5 documented challengers
⊕ David A. Anderson  m 
⊖ R. Samuel Bawlf  m  (2 runoffs)
⊕ Paul Yewchuk  m 
 		 ⊕ Charles F. Barber  m  (2 runoffs)
⊕ Robin K. Blencoe  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 52,226 Votes: 72,836 Participation: 69.73% Candidacies: 10
Provincial
31		 British Columbia
11 December 1975
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 30160(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
32
NDP
 3/10 13,970 38.73% -675 Winner:
NDP
 14,645 40.60% Charles F. Barber
Eligible: 61,200 Votes: 81,446 Participation: 66.54% Candidacies: 7
Provincial
32		 British Columbia
10 May 1979
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 30210(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
35
NDP
 2/7 20,226 50.35% +3,224 Loser:
SC
 17,002 42.33% R. Samuel Bawlf

Service: 3 years 11 months 24 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 57,372 Votes: 83,722 Participation: 72.96% Candidacies: 9
Provincial
33		 British Columbia
5 May 1983
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 35830(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
39
NDP
 1/9 23,877 57.46% +7,906 Loser:
SC
 15,971 38.43% Joe Easingwood

Service: 3 years 5 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 57,643 Votes: 80,771 Participation: 70.06% Candidacies: 8
Provincial
34		 British Columbia
22 October 1986
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 35882(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
NDP
 1/8 21,395 53.47% +5,263 Loser:
SC
 16,132 40.32% Roger W. Skillings

Service: 4 years 11 months 24 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 31,652 Votes: 23,442 Participation: 74.06% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
35		 British Columbia
17 October 1991
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 7928(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
48		 Successor:
NDP
 10,939 47.95% P. Gretchen M. Brewin

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
Gordon William Hanson		 26 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 26 Feb 2024 10:37 (but data presented dynamically)

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