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♂ Wallace C. Miller
aliasWallace C. Miller
Record
43553 · 14116

United Church   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 78%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 2 2
Manitoba 7 0 7
Total 7 2 9
Birth 7 February 1896 → 128 years + 2 months ago
Lived 63 years + 7 months
First mandate 27 July 1936 → 87 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 40 years + 5 months
Death 3 October 1959 → 64 years + 6 months ago
Died in office Yes
Special notes
None
 
Wallace C. Miller (1896–1959)
© Photo Archives of Manitoba via the Manitoba Historical Society — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Manitoba 22 8 17 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. MB 23
PC
 1 Speaker 54 14 Feb 1950 — 15 Aug 1950 0 6 1

Electoral history

Races 9  
Path points 10  
4 documented challengers
⊖ John J. Enns  m 
⊖ Howard W. Winkler  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ John R. Walkof  m 
⊖ John R. Wolkof  m 
 
Eligible: 14,412 Votes: 10,193 Participation: 70.73% Candidacies: 3
Federal
18		 Manitoba
14 October 1935
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22619(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
39
LC
 2/3 4,453 43.69% -520 Winner:
LIB
 4,973 48.79% Howard W. Winkler
Eligible: 8,690 Votes: 5,741 Participation: 66.06% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
20		 Manitoba
27 July 1936
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  LIBP  Minority
ID: 37413(F) — 15 Sep 2022 08:00 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
40
CONS
 1/2 3,024 53.15% +358 Loser:
LIBP
 2,666 46.85% John J. Enns
After his election:
17 Nov 1940 44
CONS
 →
CONS
 Changed allegiance ()
Service: 4 years 8 months 25 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 9,059 Votes: 3,391 Participation: 37.43% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
21		 Manitoba
22 April 1941
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  COAL  Majority
ID: 37459(F) — 17 Sep 2022 13:09 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
CONS
 1/4 1,234 37.20% +174 Loser:
LIBP
 1,060 31.96% John R. Wolkof
After his election:
1 May 1945 49
CONS
 →
Vac.
 Unsuccessfully ran federally
Service: 4 years 9 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 15,330 Votes: 10,321 Participation: 67.33% Candidacies: 3
Federal
20		 Manitoba
11 June 1945
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 23157(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
49
PC
 2/3 4,257 41.25% -295 Winner:
LIB
 4,552 44.10% Howard W. Winkler
Eligible: 9,186 Votes: 4,345 Participation: 47.30% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
22		 Manitoba
15 October 1945
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  COAL  Majority
ID: 37510(F) — 17 Sep 2022 17:49 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
49
PC
 1/3 2,093 48.91% +233 Loser:
LIBP
 1,860 43.47% John R. Walkof

Service: 4 years 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,977 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
23		 Manitoba
10 November 1949
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  COAL  Majority
ID: 37558(F) — 17 Sep 2022 13:15 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
PC
 1/1 By acclamation
After his election:
15 Aug 1950 54
PC
 →
LIBP
 Changed allegiance ()
Service: 3 years 6 months 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,804 Votes: 3,223 Participation: 67.09% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
24		 Manitoba
8 June 1953
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  LIBP  Majority
ID: 37611(F) — 20 Mar 2022 18:44 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
57
LIBP
 1/3 1,608 51.26% +644 Loser:
SC
 964 30.73% Victor Peters

Service: 5 years 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,830 Votes: 3,326 Participation: 57.05% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
25		 Manitoba
16 June 1958
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 37667(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
62
LIBP
 1/3 1,687 51.14% +833 Loser:
PC
 854 25.89% Oscar Martel

Service: 10 months 27 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 5,914 Votes: 3,137 Participation: 53.04% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
26		 Manitoba
14 May 1959
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 37724(F) — 20 Mar 2022 21:57 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
63
LIBP
 1/2 1,648 52.99% +186 Loser:
PC
 1,462 47.01% Leo A. Recksiedler
After his election:
3 Oct 1959 63
LIBP
 →
Vac.
 Died in office
Service: 4 months 19 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 5,914 Votes: 3,584 Participation: 60.60% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
26		 Manitoba
26 November 1959
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 37750(F) — 20 Mar 2022 21:57 ET
—
 Deceased
Age
63		 Successor:
SC
 1,300 36.27% Jacob M. (Jake) Froese

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Miller, Wallace Conrad		 10 Feb 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Miller, Wallace Conrad		 10 Feb 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
Wallace Conrad “Wally” Miller (1896-1959)		 10 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Wallace C. Miller		 10 Feb 2024

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