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♂ Raymond Parkinson
aliasRaymond Parkinson
Record
48155 · 13597

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
British Columbia 1 1 2
Total 1 2 3
Birth 22 March 1922 → 102 years + 1 month ago
Lived 96 years + 3 months
First mandate 12 September 1966 → 57 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 44 years + 5 months
Death 28 June 2018 → 5 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 48 years + 10 months after 26 August 1969
Special notes
None
 
Raymond Parkinson (1922–2018)
© Photo 2018 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 2 11 13 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
4 documented challengers
⊖ S. Ronald Basford  m 
⊖ Harold J. Merilees  m 
 		 ⊖ Thomas R. Berger  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Bert Price  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 27,926 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
27		 British Columbia
8 November 1965
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 25067(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
43
NDP
 2/4 9,233 33.06% -1,574 Winner:
LIB
 10,807 38.70% S. Ronald Basford
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
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
44
NDP
 2/6 9,498 47.04% +1,914 Loser:
SC
 7,584 37.56% Bert Price

Service: 2 years 11 months 14 days (Oppo.)
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
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
47
NDP
 4/6 9,698 38.83% -762 Winner:
SC
 10,460 41.88% Bert Price

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
Raymond Parkinson		 11 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 11 Feb 2024 18:39 (but data presented dynamically)

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