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♂ Ernest Richard Draffin
aliasErnest Draffin
Record
16950 · 14169

United Church   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 20%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
Manitoba 1 3 4
Total 1 4 5
Birth 21 August 1909 → 114 years + 8 months ago
Lived 73 years + 3 months
First mandate 15 October 1945 → 78 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 36 years + 1 month
Death 19 December 1982 → 41 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 33 years + 1 month after 9 November 1949
Special notes
None
 
Ernest Richard Draffin (1909–1982)
© Photo Legislative Library, Manitoba via the Manitoba Historical Society — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Election or appointment outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate ✗
Legis. Council ✗
✗
Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve ✗
Mun./Co. Council Brooklands, Manitoba
School Board ✗
Blank/Vide ✗

Length of service in elected office within the scope of PoliCan

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Manitoba 4 0 25 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
7 documented challengers
⊖ David A. Best  m 
⊖ Thomas P. Hillhouse  m 
⊖ Owen C. Trainor  m 
⊖ James E. Wilson  m 
 		 ⊖ E. Gurney V. Evans  m 
⊖ William C. Ross  m 
⊖ Reginald F. Wightman  m 
 
Eligible: 11,272 Votes: 6,191 Participation: 54.92% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
22		 Manitoba
15 October 1945
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  COAL  Majority
ID: 37484(F) — 17 Sep 2022 07:40 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
36
CCF
 1/3 2,948 48.22% +170 Loser:
PC
 2,778 45.44% David A. Best

Service: 4 years 25 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 13,125 Votes: 6,389 Participation: 48.68% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
23		 Manitoba
10 November 1949
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  COAL  Majority
ID: 37532(F) — 17 Sep 2022 07:50 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
40
CCF
 2/2 2,526 39.90% -1,279 Winner:
LIBP
 3,805 60.10% Reginald F. Wightman
Eligible: 8,044 Votes: 5,225 Participation: 64.96% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
24		 Manitoba
8 June 1953
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  LIBP  Majority
ID: 37617(F) — 20 Mar 2022 18:45 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
43
CCF
 3/3 838 16.30% -2,100 Winner:
LIBP
 2,938 57.14% Thomas P. Hillhouse
Eligible: 52,433 Votes: 32,080 Participation: 61.18% Candidacies: 4
Federal
22		 Manitoba
10 August 1953
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23722(F) — 27 Jan 2022 17:47 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
43
CCF
 3/4 6,247 19.77% -6,350 Winner:
PC
 12,597 39.88% Owen C. Trainor
Eligible: 12,010 Votes: 6,678 Participation: 55.60% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
25		 Manitoba
16 June 1958
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 37651(F) — 17 Oct 2023 22:41 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
48
CCF
 3/3 1,143 17.18% -2,504 Winner:
PC
 3,647 54.83% E. Gurney V. Evans

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Draffin, Ernest Richard		 18 Apr 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Draffin, Ernest Richard		 18 Apr 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
Ernest Richard Draffin (1909-1982)		 18 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Ernest Draffin		 18 Apr 2024

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Rev.: 18 Apr 2024 20:19 (but data presented dynamically)

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