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♂ Martin E. Sowden
aliasMartin E. Sowden
Record
58098 · 13639

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
British Columbia 1 0 1
Birth 21 January 1887 → 137 years + 3 months ago
Lived 75 years
First mandate 12 June 1952 → 71 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 65 years + 4 months
Death 10 February 1962 → 62 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 8 years + 8 months after 9 June 1953
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 0 11 27 Z

Electoral history

Race 1  
Path points 2  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Thomas A. McEwen  m 
⊖ George H. Tomlinson  m 
 		 ⊖ Dorothy G. Steeves  f 
 
Eligible: 33,913 Votes: 23,362 Participation: 68.89% Candidacies: 7
Provincial
23		 British Columbia
12 June 1952
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Minority
ID: 29749(F) — 13 Aug 2022 12:21 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
65
LIB
 1/7 6,695 29.38% +427 Loser:
CFF
 6,268 27.50% Dorothy G. Steeves

Service: 11 months 28 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 30,210 Votes: 22,770 Participation: 75.37% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
24		 British Columbia
10 June 1953
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 29800(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
66		 Successor:
SC
 7,728 35.68% George H. Tomlinson

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
Martin Elliott Sowden		 09 Sep 2023
FR Wikipédia
Martin Elliott Sowden		 09 Sep 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  9 Sep 2023 17:13 (but data presented dynamically)

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