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♂ Gerald William Baldwin
aliasGed Baldwin
Record
2430 · 14

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 80%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 8 1 9
Alberta 0 1 1
Total 8 2 10
Birth 18 January 1907 → 117 years + 3 months ago
Lived 84 years + 10 months
First mandate 31 March 1958 → 66 years + 29 days ago
↳ at age 51 years + 2 months
Death 16 December 1991 → 32 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 11 years + 9 months after 17 February 1980
Special notes
None
 
Gerald William (Ged) Baldwin (1907–1991)
© Photo 1979 House of Commons (Canada) — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
⊕ Christina (Chrystia) A. Freeland (1968–) Grand-niece  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 21 10 11

Electoral history

Races 10  
Path points 11  
6 documented challengers
⊖ William H. Bailey  m 
⊖ William J. Lampley  m 
⊖ J. Donovan Ross  m 
 		 ⊖ Donald W. Branigan  m 
⊖ Solon E. Low  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ James A. Smith  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 7,508 Votes: 5,229 Participation: 69.65% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
8		 Alberta
22 August 1935
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 27810(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
28
CONS
 4/4 308 5.96% -2,166 Winner:
SC
 2,474 47.90% William J. Lampley
Eligible: 33,763 Votes: 24,006 Participation: 71.10% Candidacies: 5
Federal
23		 Alberta
10 June 1957
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 23967(F) — 27 Nov 2021 01:03 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
50
PC
 2/5 5,896 24.77% -4,497 Winner:
SC
 10,393 43.67% Solon E. Low
Eligible: 33,763 Votes: 22,664 Participation: 67.13% Candidacies: 4
Federal
24		 Alberta
31 March 1958
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 24233(F) — 6 Sep 2021 21:01 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
51
PC
 1/4 13,328 58.81% +7,591 Loser:
SC
 5,737 25.31% Solon E. Low

Service: 4 years 2 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 26,776 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
25		 Alberta
18 June 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24510(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
55
PC
 1/4 12,897 48.17% +5,294 Loser:
SC
 7,603 28.39% Budd M. Dennis

Service: 9 months 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 27,494 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
26		 Alberta
8 April 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 24774(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
56
PC
 1/4 16,111 58.60% +9,547 Loser:
SC
 6,564 23.87% James A. Smith

Service: 2 years 6 months 30 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 27,649 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
27		 Alberta
8 November 1965
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 25043(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
58
PC
 1/4 14,960 54.11% +10,260 Loser:
SC
 4,700 17.00% James A. Smith

Service: 2 years 7 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 21,275 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
28		 Alberta
25 June 1968
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 9879(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
61
PC
 1/3 11,825 55.58% +6,995 Loser:
NDP
 4,830 22.70% Phil Thompson

Service: 4 years 4 months 4 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 36,117 Votes: 25,421 Participation: 70.39% Candidacies: 7
Federal
29		 Alberta
30 October 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 10141(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
65
PC
 1/7 14,255 56.08% +8,577 Loser:
NDP
 5,678 22.34% Jake Van Voorst

Service: 1 year 8 months 7 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 36,117 Votes: 23,358 Participation: 64.67% Candidacies: 4
Federal
30		 Alberta
8 July 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10405(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
67
PC
 1/4 14,153 60.59% +9,085 Loser:
LIB
 5,068 21.70% Ed Kimpe

Service: 4 years 10 months 13 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 55,620 Votes: 32,861 Participation: 59.08% Candidacies: 3
Federal
31		 Alberta
22 May 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 4334(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
72
PC
 1/3 20,748 63.14% +14,436 Loser:
LIB
 6,312 19.21% Linus H. Becher

Service: 8 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 55,620 Votes: 32,015 Participation: 57.56% Candidacies: 6
Federal
32		 Alberta
18 February 1980
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4052(F) — 6 Sep 2021 21:46 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
73		 Successor:
PC
 18,953 59.35% Albert G. Cooper

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Canadian Encyclopedia
Gerald William Baldwin		 07 Apr 2024
FR Encyclopédie canadienne
Baldwin, Gerald William		 07 Apr 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Gerald William Baldwin, Q.C., O.C., M.P.		 07 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Gerald William Baldwin, c.r., O.C., député		 07 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Ged Baldwin		 07 Apr 2024

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