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♂ Peter Stanislas Taraska
aliasPeter Taraska
Record
60151 · 14172

Type of record
Elected candidate
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate ✓		 Deceased Performance: 0%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 4 4
Manitoba 0 1 1
Total 0 5 5
Birth 21 December 1907 → 116 years + 4 months ago
Lived 76 years + 5 months
First run 11 June 1945 → 78 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 37 years + 5 months
Death 11 June 1984 → 39 years + 10 months ago
 
Special notes
None
 

Peter Stanislas Taraska (1907–1984)
No image available
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
6 documented challengers
⊖ Morris A. Gray  m 
⊖ William C. Ross  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Alistair M. Stewart  m  (3 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Stanley H. Knowles  m 
⊖ W. Murray Smith  m 
⊖ Joseph Zuken  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 47,968 Votes: 34,458 Participation: 71.84% Candidacies: 5
Federal
20		 Manitoba
11 June 1945
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 23167(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
37
LIB
 3/5 8,839 25.65% -4,216 Winner:
CCF
 13,055 37.89% Alistair M. Stewart
Eligible: 45,114 Votes: 32,175 Participation: 71.32% Candidacies: 4
Federal
21		 Manitoba
27 June 1949
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23428(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
41
LIB
 2/4 11,962 37.84% -470 Winner:
CCF
 12,432 39.32% Alistair M. Stewart
Eligible: 45,303 Votes: 24,078 Participation: 53.15% Candidacies: 4
Federal
22		 Manitoba
10 August 1953
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23721(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
45
LIB
 2/4 7,535 31.91% -5,178 Winner:
CCF
 12,713 53.84% Stanley H. Knowles
Eligible: 58,129 Votes: 42,562 Participation: 73.22% Candidacies: 5
Federal
23		 Manitoba
10 June 1957
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24003(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
49
LIB
 2/5 9,806 23.46% -10,548 Winner:
CCF
 20,354 48.69% Alistair M. Stewart
Eligible: 11,905 Votes: 6,233 Participation: 52.36% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
25		 Manitoba
16 June 1958
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 37655(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
50
LIBP
 3/3 1,516 24.52% -1,567 Winner:
CCF
 3,083 49.86% Morris A. Gray

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
Judge Peter Stanislas Taraska		 17 Apr 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
Peter Stanley Taraska (1907-1984)		 17 Apr 2024

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