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♂ A. Samuel Wakim
aliasA. Samuel Wakim
Record
63591 · 1380

Lebanese-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 1 2
Birth 13 February 1937 → 87 years + 2 months ago
Lived 85 years + 9 months
First mandate 22 May 1979 → 44 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 42 years + 3 months
Death 4 December 2022 → 1 year + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 42 years + 9 months after 17 February 1980
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
Canada 0 8 27

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
1 documented challenger
⊖ David P. Smith  m 
 
 
Eligible: 66,162 Votes: 53,732 Participation: 81.21% Candidacies: 5
Federal
31		 Ontario
22 May 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 4422(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
42
PC
 1/5 25,352 47.18% +3,924 Loser:
LIB
 21,428 39.88% Mike Smith

Service: 8 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 66,162 Votes: 49,363 Participation: 74.61% Candidacies: 6
Federal
32		 Ontario
18 February 1980
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4140(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
43
PC
 2/6 21,119 42.92% -825 Winner:
LIB
 21,944 44.60% David P. Smith

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Sam Wakim, M.P.		 29 Jul 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Sam Wakim, député		 29 Jul 2023
EN Wikipedia
Sam Wakim		 29 Jul 2023

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