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♂ Bert Price
aliasBert Price
Record
50724 · 13567

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
British Columbia 6 2 8
Total 6 3 9
Birth 10 April 1907 → 117 years ago
Lived 79 years + 5 months
First mandate 12 June 1952 → 71 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 45 years + 2 months
Death 24 September 1986 → 37 years + 7 months ago
Exit → Death 14 years + 26 days after 29 August 1972
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 17 2 27 Z

Electoral history

Races 9  
Path points 9  
13 documented challengers
⊖ Thomas R. Berger  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ John G. Gould  m 
⊖ Alexander B. Macdonald  m 
⊖ Eric C.F. Martin  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ C. Patrick Neale  m 
⊖ Raymond Parkinson  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Frederick J. Vulliamy  m 
 		 ⊖ Rosemary Brown  f 
⊖ Norman Levi  m 
⊖ C. Grant MacNeil  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Harold J. Merilees  m 
⊖ Victor W. Odlum  m 
⊖ Mark W. Rose  m 
 
Eligible: 60,006 Votes: 34,318 Participation: 57.19% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
23		 British Columbia
12 June 1952
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Minority
ID: 29768(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
45
SC
 1/5 9,002 27.77% -1,395 Loser:
CFF
 10,397 32.07% C. Grant MacNeil

Service: 11 months 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 53,412 Votes: 30,871 Participation: 57.80% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
24		 British Columbia
10 June 1953
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 29817(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
46
SC
 1/6 11,273 39.22% +1,950 Loser:
CFF
 9,323 32.44% C. Grant MacNeil

Service: 3 years 3 months 8 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 52,110 Votes: 52,977 Participation: 50.83% Candidacies: 11
Provincial
25		 British Columbia
19 September 1956
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 29865(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
49
SC
 2/11 12,180 46.52% +4,354 Loser:
CFF
 7,826 29.89% Alexander B. Macdonald

Service: 3 years 11 months 23 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 51,273 Votes: 57,003 Participation: 55.59% Candidacies: 11
Provincial
26		 British Columbia
12 September 1960
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 29913(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
SC
 2/11 10,231 36.29% +726 Loser:
CFF
 9,505 33.72% C. Patrick Neale

Service: 3 years 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 49,768 Votes: 59,125 Participation: 59.40% Candidacies: 8
Provincial
27		 British Columbia
30 September 1963
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 29958(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
56
SC
 2/8 10,612 36.18% +267 Loser:
NDP
 10,345 35.27% Thomas R. Berger

Service: 2 years 11 months 12 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 36,000 Votes: 40,708 Participation: 56.54% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
28		 British Columbia
12 September 1966
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 30000(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
59
SC
 3/6 7,584 37.56% -1,914 Winner:
NDP
 9,498 47.04% Raymond Parkinson
Eligible: inc. Votes: 36,376 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
28		 British Columbia
25 June 1968
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 9897(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
61
SC
 4/4 3,224 8.86% -11,186 Winner:
NDP
 14,410 39.61% Mark W. Rose
Eligible: 42,959 Votes: 50,449 Participation: 58.72% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
29		 British Columbia
27 August 1969
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 30059(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
62
SC
 2/6 10,460 41.88% +279 Loser:
NDP
 10,181 40.76% Thomas R. Berger

Service: 3 years 2 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 46,132 Votes: 55,314 Participation: 59.95% Candidacies: 8
Provincial
30		 British Columbia
30 August 1972
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 30107(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
65
SC
 4/8 6,994 25.57% -5,168 Winner:
NDP
 12,162 44.47% Rosemary Brown

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Bert Price		 04 Sep 2023

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