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♂ Maurice Rush
aliasMaurice Rush
Record
54380 · 13601

Type of record
Elected candidate
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate ✓		 Deceased Performance: 0%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 8 8
British Columbia 0 8 8
Total 0 16 16
Birth c. December 1915 → 108 years + 5 months ago
Lived ± 100 years
First run 25 October 1945 → 78 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age ± 29 years
Death 18 August 2016 → 7 years + 8 months ago
 
Special notes
None
 

Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Electoral history

Races 16  
Path points 16  
34 documented challengers
⊖ Val J. Anderson  m 
⊖ Thomas R. Berger  m 
⊕ A. Kim Campbell  f 
⊖ Harold P. (Herb) Capozzi  m 
⊖ Barrie A. Clark  m 
⊕ Miguel Figueroa  m 
⊖ Laura E.M. Jamieson  f 
⊖ Gary V. Lauk  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Wallis W. LeFeaux  m 
⊖ Alexander S. Matthew  m 
⊖ Shirley E. McLoughlin  f 
⊖ William M. Mott  m 
⊖ Raymond J. Perrault  m 
⊖ Elmore Philpott  m 
⊖ Henry H. Stevens  m 
⊕ Robert A. Williams  m 
⊖ Gordon S. Wismer  m 
 		 ⊖ Emery O. Barnes  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Charles R. Boylan  m 
⊖ Ralph O. Campney  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Patricia D. Carney  f 
⊕ Glen D. Clark  m 
⊖ J. Gordon Gibson  m 
⊖ Douglas Jung  m  (2 runoffs)
⊕ Arthur J. Lee  m 
⊖ Eric C.F. Martin  m 
⊖ Allan J. McDonell  m 
⊖ Nigel Morgan  m 
⊖ C. Patrick Neale  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Leslie R. Peterson  m 
⊖ Frederick M. Sharp  m 
⊕ Paul F. Watson  m 
⊖ Harold E. Winch  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Rodney J. Young  m 
 
Eligible: 40,661 Votes: 42,360 Participation: 52.09% Candidacies: 11
Provincial
21		 British Columbia
25 October 1945
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  COAL  Majority
ID: 29597(F) — 2 Jan 2024 20:55 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
±29
LPP
 6/11 1,866 8.81% -9,012 Winner:
LIB
 10,878 51.36% Gordon S. Wismer
Eligible: 39,201 Votes: 24,509 Participation: 62.52% Candidacies: 5
Federal
21		 British Columbia
27 June 1949
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23408(F) — 13 Jan 2022 07:56 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
±33
LPP
 4/5 952 3.93% -9,347 Winner:
LIB
 10,299 42.56% Ralph O. Campney
Eligible: 46,107 Votes: 24,784 Participation: 53.75% Candidacies: 5
Federal
21		 British Columbia
24 October 1949
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23644(F) — 13 Jan 2022 07:56 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
±33
LPP
 5/5 637 2.57% -8,090 Winner:
LIB
 8,727 35.21% William M. Mott
Eligible: 74,353 Votes: 47,171 Participation: 63.44% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
23		 British Columbia
12 June 1952
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Minority
ID: 29770(F) — 13 Jan 2022 07:56 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
±36
LPP
 6/6 931 2.08% -22,120 Winner:
CFF
 23,051 51.42% Harold E. Winch
Eligible: 34,214 Votes: 20,310 Participation: 59.36% Candidacies: 5
Federal
22		 British Columbia
10 August 1953
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23702(F) — 13 Jan 2022 07:56 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
±37
LPP
 5/5 764 3.79% -9,428 Winner:
CCF
 10,192 50.58% Harold E. Winch
Eligible: 33,896 Votes: 22,159 Participation: 65.37% Candidacies: 5
Federal
23		 British Columbia
10 June 1957
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 23986(F) — 13 Jan 2022 07:56 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
±41
LPP
 5/5 528 2.41% -8,559 Winner:
PC
 9,087 41.50% Douglas Jung
Eligible: 33,896 Votes: 22,863 Participation: 67.45% Candidacies: 5
Federal
24		 British Columbia
31 March 1958
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 24252(F) — 13 Jan 2022 07:56 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
±42
LPP
 5/5 650 2.84% -13,394 Winner:
PC
 14,044 61.43% Douglas Jung
Eligible: 40,420 Votes: 41,237 Participation: 51.01% Candidacies: 10
Provincial
26		 British Columbia
12 September 1960
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 29911(F) — 13 Jan 2022 07:56 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
±44
COMM
 9/10 420 2.06% -7,807 Winner:
SC
 8,227 40.39% Alexander S. Matthew
Eligible: 50,107 Votes: 73,669 Participation: 73.51% Candidacies: 9
Provincial
27		 British Columbia
30 September 1963
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 29944(F) — 13 Jan 2022 07:56 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
±47
COMM
 9/9 190 0.52% -13,878 Winner:
LIB
 14,068 38.36% J. Gordon Gibson
Eligible: 19,912 Votes: 13,553 Participation: 68.06% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
28		 British Columbia
12 September 1966
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 29979(F) — 13 Jan 2022 07:56 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
±50
COMM
 5/5 110 0.82% -5,191 Winner:
LIB
 5,301 39.61% Barrie A. Clark
Eligible: 43,043 Votes: 27,707 Participation: 64.37% Candidacies: 6
Federal
29		 British Columbia
30 October 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 10165(F) — 28 Jun 2023 19:31 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
±56
IND
 5/6 206 0.74% -13,319 Winner:
NDP
 13,525 48.81% C. Patrick Neale
Eligible: 43,043 Votes: 26,511 Participation: 61.59% Candidacies: 5
Federal
30		 British Columbia
8 July 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10429(F) — 13 Jan 2022 07:56 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
±58
COMM
 4/5 298 1.12% -9,373 Winner:
LIB
 9,671 36.48% Arthur J. Lee
Eligible: 62,920 Votes: 63,517 Participation: 50.47% Candidacies: 8
Provincial
32		 British Columbia
10 May 1979
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 30204(F) — 13 Jan 2022 07:56 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
±63
COMM
 7/8 277 0.89% -17,084 Winner:
NDP
 17,361 55.82% Emery O. Barnes
Eligible: 53,512 Votes: 66,150 Participation: 61.81% Candidacies: 7
Provincial
33		 British Columbia
5 May 1983
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 35825(F) — 28 Dec 2023 15:31 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
±67
COMM
 7/7 244 0.74% -18,499 Winner:
NDP
 18,743 56.74% Gary V. Lauk
Eligible: 66,919 Votes: 50,548 Participation: 75.54% Candidacies: 8
Federal
33		 British Columbia
4 September 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3795(F) — 13 Jan 2022 07:56 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
±68
COMM
 7/8 135 0.27% -21,569 Winner:
PC
 21,704 43.23% Patricia D. Carney
Eligible: 49,924 Votes: 72,770 Participation: 72.88% Candidacies: 8
Provincial
34		 British Columbia
22 October 1986
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 35878(F) — 13 Jan 2022 07:56 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
±70
COMM
 7/8 324 0.91% -20,627 Winner:
NDP
 20,951 58.97% Glen D. Clark

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Non-standard link
People' Voice (15 September 2016), Maurice Rush: A Lifetime Devoted to the Cause of Socialism		 03 Sep 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  3 Sep 2023 16:06 (but data presented dynamically)

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