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♂ Douglas Deane Finlayson
aliasDeane Finlayson
Record
19817 · 13614

Type of record
Elected candidate
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate ✓		 Deceased Performance: 0%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
British Columbia 0 4 4
Total 0 5 5
Birth 14 August 1919 → 104 years + 9 months ago
Lived 85 years + 9 months
First run 10 June 1953 → 70 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 33 years + 9 months
Death 17 May 2005 → 18 years + 11 months ago
 
Special notes
None
 

Douglas Deane Finlayson (1919–2005)
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Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. BC 23
PC
 1 Party leader 33–41 15 Nov 1952 — 05 Apr 1961 8 4 21

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
10 documented challengers
⊖ John M. Bryan  m 
⊖ Philip A. Gibbs  m 
⊖ George F.T. Gregory  m 
⊖ Erni Knott  m 
⊖ Newton P. Steacy  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Colin Cameron  m 
⊖ Gordon Gibson Sr.  m 
⊖ Einar Gunderson  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Raymond J. Perrault  m 
⊖ George H. Tomlinson  m 
 
Eligible: 10,200 Votes: 8,382 Participation: 82.18% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
24		 British Columbia
10 June 1953
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 29801(F) — 9 May 2024 19:55 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature (Party leader)
Age
33
PC
 3/4 1,220 14.90% -1,962 Winner:
LIB
 3,182 38.85% Philip A. Gibbs
Eligible: 27,583 Votes: 18,960 Participation: 68.74% Candidacies: 5
Federal
22		 British Columbia
10 August 1953
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23698(F) — 9 May 2024 19:55 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
33
PC
 3/5 3,412 18.09% -3,860 Winner:
CCF
 7,272 38.56% Colin Cameron
Eligible: 34,101 Votes: 20,661 Participation: 60.59% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
24		 British Columbia
24 November 1953
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 29827(F) — 9 May 2024 19:55 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature (Party leader)
Age
34
PC
 4/5 981 4.79% -7,475 Winner:
LIB
 8,456 41.33% George F.T. Gregory
Eligible: 43,151 Votes: 54,065 Participation: 62.65% Candidacies: 11
Provincial
25		 British Columbia
19 September 1956
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 29851(F) — 9 May 2024 19:55 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature (Party leader)
Age
37
PC
 5/11 5,121 19.07% -6,177 Winner:
SC
 11,298 42.06% Newton P. Steacy
Eligible: 49,176 Votes: 72,769 Participation: 73.99% Candidacies: 10
Provincial
26		 British Columbia
12 September 1960
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 29899(F) — 9 May 2024 19:55 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature (Party leader)
Age
41
PC
 7/10 3,260 9.01% -10,027 Winner:
LIB
 13,287 36.74% J. Gordon Gibson

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Non-standard link
Nanaimo News Bulletin, Douglas Deane Finlayson Obituary		  9 May 2024
EN Wikipedia
Deane Finlayson		  9 May 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  9 May 2024 19:55 (but data presented dynamically)

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