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♂ Victor W. Odlum
aliasVictor W. Odlum
Record
47007 · 13737

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 21 October 1880 → 143 years + 6 months ago
Lived 90 years + 5 months
First mandate 20 June 1924 → 99 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 43 years + 7 months
Death 4 April 1971 → 53 years ago
Exit → Death 42 years + 8 months after 17 July 1928
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 4 0 27 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
15 documented challengers
⊖ William J. Bowser  m 
⊖ John W.D. Farris  m 
⊖ Thomas H. Kirk  m 
⊖ Angus MacInnis  m 
⊖ C. Grant MacNeil  m 
⊖ Alexander D. McRae  m 
⊖ Bert Price  m 
⊖ Charles A. Woodward  m 
 		 ⊖ Andrew M. Creery  m 
⊖ Samuel L. Howe  m 
⊖ Leon J. Ladner  m 
⊖ Ian A. Mackenzie  m 
⊖ Royal L. (Pat) Maitland  m 
⊖ Christopher McRae  m 
⊖ Mary Ellen S. Smith  f 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 12,962 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Federal
14		 British Columbia
6 December 1921
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 21545(F) — 5 Jul 2023 17:12 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
41
LIB
 2/5 4,120 31.79% -773 Winner:
NLCP
 4,893 37.75% Leon J. Ladner
Eligible: 57,512 Votes: 189,728 Participation: 54.98% Candidacies: 27
Provincial
16		 British Columbia
20 June 1924
General
Plurality-at-large (6)
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 29283(F) — 12 Feb 2023 11:18 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
43
LIB
 2/27 10,011 31.66% +1,003 Loser:
PROV
 9,008 28.49% Alexander D. McRae

Service: 4 years 27 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 54,745 Votes: 180,634 Participation: 54.99% Candidacies: 15
Provincial
17		 British Columbia
18 July 1928
General
Plurality-at-large (6)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 29371(F) — 20 Sep 2022 19:59 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
47		 Successor:
CONS
 15,769 52.38% George A. Walkem
Eligible: 53,412 Votes: 30,871 Participation: 57.80% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
24		 British Columbia
10 June 1953
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 29817(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
72
LIB
 3/6 5,858 20.38% -5,415 Winner:
SC
 11,273 39.22% Bert Price

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
Victor Odlum		 05 Sep 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  5 Sep 2023 22:01 (but data presented dynamically)

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