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♂ Bruce Halliday
aliasBruce Halliday
Record
25485 · 1365

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 5 0 5
Birth 18 June 1926 → 97 years + 10 months ago
Lived 84 years + 6 months
First mandate 8 July 1974 → 49 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 48 years
Death 1 January 2011 → 13 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 17 years + 2 months after 24 October 1993
Special notes
None
 
Bruce Halliday (1926–2011)
© Photo 1988 House of Commons (Canada) — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Election or appointment outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate ✗
Legis. Council ✗
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Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve ✗
Mun./Co. Council ✗
School Board ✓
Blank/Vide ✗

Length of service in elected office within the scope of PoliCan

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 19 3 12

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Kaye Sargent  f  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Charles M. Tatham  m 
 
Eligible: 51,752 Votes: 40,937 Participation: 79.10% Candidacies: 3
Federal
30		 Ontario
8 July 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10524(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
48
PC
 1/3 18,934 46.36% +1,428 Loser:
LIB
 17,506 42.87% Charles M. Tatham

Service: 4 years 10 months 13 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 57,667 Votes: 42,734 Participation: 74.10% Candidacies: 4
Federal
31		 Ontario
22 May 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 4468(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
PC
 1/4 23,592 55.21% +10,657 Loser:
LIB
 12,935 30.27% Ron Calhoun

Service: 8 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 57,667 Votes: 42,378 Participation: 73.49% Candidacies: 5
Federal
32		 Ontario
18 February 1980
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4186(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
PC
 1/5 19,382 45.90% +3,836 Loser:
LIB
 15,546 36.82% Ken Peers

Service: 4 years 6 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 58,762 Votes: 45,137 Participation: 76.81% Candidacies: 4
Federal
33		 Ontario
4 September 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3904(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
58
PC
 1/4 25,642 57.08% +12,758 Loser:
LIB
 12,884 28.68% Alfred Apps

Service: 4 years 2 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 48,716 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 6
Federal
34		 Ontario
21 November 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3609(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
62
PC
 1/6 19,367 39.75% +1,332 Loser:
LIB
 18,035 37.02% Alfred Apps

Service: 4 years 11 months 3 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 70,891 Votes: 48,179 Participation: 67.96% Candidacies: 9
Federal
35		 Ontario
25 October 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3313(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
67		 Successor:
LIB
 19,669 41.13% John B. Finlay

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Bruce Halliday		 29 Mar 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Bruce Halliday		 29 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Bruce Halliday (politician)		 29 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 29 Mar 2024 14:25 (but data presented dynamically)

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