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♂ Alexander Turk
aliasAlexander Turk
Record
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Irish-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Manitoba 1 2 3
Birth 5 March 1906 → 118 years + 1 month ago
Lived 81 years + 9 months
First mandate 8 June 1953 → 70 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 47 years + 3 months
Death 1 January 1988 → 36 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 29 years + 6 months after 15 June 1958
Special notes
None
 
Alexander Turk (1906–1988)
© Photo Archives of Manitoba via the Manitoba Historical Society — Fair trade
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 5 0 6 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
8 documented challengers
⊖ Michael Baryluk  m 
⊖ Morris A. Gray  m 
⊖ William A. Kardash  m 
⊖ Stephen Peters  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Ernest A. Brotman  m 
⊖ John M. Hawryluk  m 
⊖ John M. Kozoriz  m 
⊖ Henry E. Snyder  m 
 
Eligible: 44,887 Votes: 22,116 Participation: 49.27% Candidacies: 11
Provincial
24		 Manitoba
8 June 1953
General
Single trans. vote (4)
Gov't  LIBP  Majority
ID: 37627(F) — 23 Mar 2022 13:19 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
47
LIBP
 4/11 1,622 7.50% -173 Loser:
LIBP
 1,863 8.62% John M. Kozoriz

Service: 5 years 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 11,980 Votes: 5,715 Participation: 47.70% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
25		 Manitoba
16 June 1958
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 37645(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
52
LIBP
 2/4 1,519 26.80% -856 Winner:
CCF
 2,375 41.91% Stephen Peters
Eligible: 11,745 Votes: 6,894 Participation: 58.70% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
26		 Manitoba
14 May 1959
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 37702(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
53
LIBP
 3/3 1,488 21.79% -1,294 Winner:
CCF
 2,782 40.73% Stephen Peters

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Turk, Alexander		 17 Feb 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Turk, Alexander		 17 Feb 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
Alexander Turk (1906-1988)		 17 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Alexander Turk		 17 Feb 2024

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