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♂ Wesley D. Black
aliasWesley D. Black
Record
5141 · 13582

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 88%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
British Columbia 7 1 8
Birth 27 November 1910 → 113 years + 5 months ago
Lived 89 years + 1 month
First mandate 12 June 1952 → 71 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 41 years + 6 months
Death 10 January 2000 → 24 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 27 years + 4 months 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 20 2 11 Z

Electoral history

Races 8  
Path points 8  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Walter Hendricks  m 
 		 ⊖ Lorne J. Nicolson  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 12,236 Votes: 9,207 Participation: 75.25% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
23		 British Columbia
12 June 1952
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Minority
ID: 29746(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
41
SC
 1/4 2,975 33.83% +403 Loser:
LIB
 2,572 29.25% Walter Hendricks

Service: 11 months 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 10,465 Votes: 9,215 Participation: 88.06% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
24		 British Columbia
10 June 1953
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 29797(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
42
SC
 1/5 3,450 39.38% +814 Loser:
CFF
 2,636 30.09% Robert G. Simms

Service: 3 years 3 months 8 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 11,686 Votes: 8,299 Participation: 71.02% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
25		 British Columbia
19 September 1956
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 29848(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
SC
 1/4 4,190 51.02% +1,859 Loser:
CFF
 2,331 28.38% Boyd C. Affleck

Service: 3 years 11 months 23 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 12,136 Votes: 9,223 Participation: 76.00% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
26		 British Columbia
12 September 1960
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 29895(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
49
SC
 1/4 4,501 49.37% +1,837 Loser:
CFF
 2,664 29.22% John A. McNevin

Service: 3 years 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 12,125 Votes: 9,117 Participation: 75.19% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
27		 British Columbia
30 September 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 29940(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
SC
 1/4 4,047 44.65% +2,104 Loser:
NDP
 1,943 21.44% Sigurd Askevold

Service: 2 years 11 months 12 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 11,540 Votes: 7,990 Participation: 69.24% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
28		 British Columbia
12 September 1966
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 29982(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
55
SC
 1/3 4,683 59.29% +2,359 Loser:
NDP
 2,324 29.42% John J. Munro

Service: 2 years 11 months 14 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 14,977 Votes: 10,950 Participation: 73.11% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
29		 British Columbia
27 August 1969
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 30038(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
58
SC
 1/3 5,849 54.04% +1,564 Loser:
NDP
 4,285 39.59% Lorne J. Nicolson

Service: 3 years 2 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 17,300 Votes: 12,590 Participation: 72.77% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
30		 British Columbia
30 August 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 30086(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
61
SC
 2/4 4,399 35.33% -1,883 Winner:
NDP
 6,282 50.45% Lorne J. Nicolson

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
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Wesley Drewett Black		 27 Jul 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 27 Jul 2023 23:54 (but data presented dynamically)

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