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♂ J. Gordon Gilchrist
aliasJ. Gordon Gilchrist
Record
22941 · 1401

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 2 0 2
Birth 11 August 1928
Age 95 years + 8 months
First mandate 22 May 1979 → 44 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 50 years + 9 months
 
Mandate ended 39 years + 7 months ago (3 September 1984)
Special notes
None
 
J. Gordon Gilchrist (1928– )
© Photo 1980 House of Commons (Canada) — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
⊕ Steve Gilchrist (1954–) Son  
 

Length of Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 5 3 12

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Thomas J. Boylan  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Martin P. O'Connell  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 59,263 Votes: 45,805 Participation: 77.29% Candidacies: 5
Federal
31		 Ontario
22 May 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 4479(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
50
PC
 1/5 21,381 46.68% +5,379 Loser:
LIB
 16,002 34.94% Martin P. O'Connell

Service: 8 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 59,263 Votes: 43,738 Participation: 73.80% Candidacies: 5
Federal
32		 Ontario
18 February 1980
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4197(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
PC
 1/5 17,658 40.52% +511 Loser:
LIB
 17,147 39.35% Martin P. O'Connell

Service: 4 years 6 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 62,077 Votes: 47,732 Participation: 76.89% Candidacies: 7
Federal
33		 Ontario
4 September 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3915(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
56		 Successor:
PC
 26,349 55.60% Robert N.D. Hicks

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
James Gordon Gilchrist		 17 Feb 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
James Gordon Gilchrist		 17 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Gordon Gilchrist		 17 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 17 Feb 2024 19:36 (but data presented dynamically)

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