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♂ Ralph Ferguson
aliasRalph Ferguson
Record
19572 · 1418

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 2 1 3
Birth 13 September 1929 → 94 years + 7 months ago
Lived 90 years + 11 months
First mandate 18 February 1980 → 44 years + 2 months ago
↳ at age 50 years + 5 months
Death 30 August 2020 → 3 years + 8 months ago
Exit → Death 26 years + 10 months after 24 October 1993
Special notes
None
 
Ralph Ferguson (1929–2020)
© Photo 1984 House of Commons (Canada) — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 9 5 17

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 32
LIB
 1 Minister 54–55 30 Jun 1984 — 16 Sep 1984 0 2 17
 1. Agriculture

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Sidney A. Fraleigh  m  (3 runoffs)
 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 37,972 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
32		 Ontario
18 February 1980
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4166(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
50
LIB
 1/3 17,081 44.98% +807 Loser:
PC
 16,274 42.86% Sidney A. Fraleigh

Service: 4 years 6 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 52,047 Votes: 41,424 Participation: 79.59% Candidacies: 3
Federal
33		 Ontario
4 September 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3881(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
54
LIB
 2/3 13,888 33.70% -8,613 Winner:
PC
 22,501 54.59% Sidney A. Fraleigh
Eligible: inc. Votes: 41,699 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
34		 Ontario
21 November 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3586(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → Returned to Parliament after hiatus
Age
59
LIB
 1/4 17,312 41.52% +455 Loser:
PC
 16,857 40.43% Sidney A. Fraleigh

Service: 4 years 11 months 3 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 59,302 Votes: 42,001 Participation: 70.83% Candidacies: 8
Federal
35		 Ontario
25 October 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3288(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
64		 Successor:
LIB
 20,314 48.63% Rose-Marie Ur

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Ralph Ferguson, P.C., M.P.		 13 Feb 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Ralph Ferguson, C.P., député		 13 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Ralph Ferguson		 13 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 13 Feb 2024 08:39 (but data presented dynamically)

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