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♂ Harold J. Merilees
aliasHarold J. Merilees
Record
43031 · 13588

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
British Columbia 1 0 1
Birth 5 January 1908 → 116 years + 3 months ago
Lived 64 years + 8 months
First mandate 27 August 1969 → 54 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 61 years + 7 months
Death 19 September 1972 → 51 years + 7 months ago
Exit → Death 21 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 3 0 2 Z

Electoral history

Race 1  
Path points 2  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Thomas R. Berger  m 
⊖ Bert Price  m 
 		 ⊖ Raymond Parkinson  m 
 
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
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
61
SC
 1/6 10,815 43.30% +634 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
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
64		 Successor:
NDP
 12,162 44.47% Rosemary Brown

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
Harold James Merilees		 02 Sep 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  2 Sep 2023 16:08 (but data presented dynamically)

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