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♂ Leo T. Nimsick
aliasLeo T. Nimsick
Record
46272 · 13580

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 90%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
British Columbia 9 1 10
Birth 26 January 1908 → 116 years + 3 months ago
Lived 91 years
First mandate 15 June 1949 → 74 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 41 years + 4 months
Death 8 February 1999 → 25 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 23 years + 1 month after 10 December 1975
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 26 5 17 Z

Electoral history

Races 10  
Path points 11  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Richard R. Burns  m 
⊖ Henry C. McKay  m 
 		 ⊖ George W. Haddad  m 
 
Eligible: 5,276 Votes: 4,091 Participation: 77.54% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
19		 British Columbia
1 June 1937
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 29455(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
29
CFF
 3/3 891 22.17% -986 Winner:
LIB
 1,877 46.70% Richard R. Burns
Eligible: 7,711 Votes: 6,076 Participation: 78.80% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
22		 British Columbia
15 June 1949
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  COAL  Majority
ID: 29611(F) — 23 Sep 2022 07:58 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
41
CFF
 1/2 3,026 50.53% +63 Loser:
COAL
 2,963 49.47% Clifford Swan

Service: 2 years 11 months 27 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 9,050 Votes: 6,970 Participation: 77.02% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
23		 British Columbia
12 June 1952
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Minority
ID: 29734(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
44
CFF
 1/4 2,688 39.52% +360 Loser:
SC
 2,328 34.23% Howard C. King

Service: 11 months 28 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 8,476 Votes: 7,027 Participation: 82.90% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
24		 British Columbia
10 June 1953
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 29785(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
CFF
 1/3 2,955 43.53% +736 Loser:
SC
 2,219 32.69% Howard C. King

Service: 3 years 3 months 8 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 8,300 Votes: 6,289 Participation: 75.77% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
25		 British Columbia
19 September 1956
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 29836(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
48
CFF
 1/3 3,321 53.26% +1,309 Loser:
SC
 2,012 32.27% Robert E. Sang

Service: 3 years 11 months 23 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 7,937 Votes: 6,373 Participation: 80.29% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
26		 British Columbia
12 September 1960
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 29883(F) — 4 Mar 2022 13:15 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
CFF
 1/4 2,786 44.18% +1,086 Loser:
SC
 1,700 26.96% Douglas Sadler

Service: 3 years 17 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 8,335 Votes: 6,592 Participation: 79.09% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
27		 British Columbia
30 September 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 29928(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
55
NDP
 1/4 2,563 39.09% +930 Loser:
SC
 1,633 24.90% Robert O. Jones

Service: 2 years 11 months 12 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 12,050 Votes: 8,852 Participation: 73.46% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
28		 British Columbia
12 September 1966
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 29976(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
58
NDP
 1/3 3,605 40.98% +535 Loser:
SC
 3,070 34.89% Robert O. Jones

Service: 2 years 11 months 14 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 15,218 Votes: 11,326 Participation: 74.43% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
29		 British Columbia
27 August 1969
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 30034(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
61
NDP
 1/3 4,282 38.39% +15 Loser:
SC
 4,267 38.26% J. Harry Broadhurst

Service: 3 years 2 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 19,449 Votes: 13,901 Participation: 71.47% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
30		 British Columbia
30 August 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 30082(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
64
NDP
 1/4 6,065 44.20% +1,896 Loser:
SC
 4,169 30.38% David J. Reeves

Service: 3 years 3 months 10 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 22,219 Votes: 15,358 Participation: 69.12% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
31		 British Columbia
11 December 1975
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 30132(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
67		 Successor:
SC
 7,915 52.29% George W. Haddad

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
Leo Nimsick		 04 Sep 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  4 Sep 2023 16:03 (but data presented dynamically)

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