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♂ George Harris Hees
aliasGeorge Harris Hees
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 92%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 12 1 13
Birth 17 June 1910 → 113 years + 10 months ago
Lived 85 years + 11 months
First mandate 15 May 1950 → 73 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 39 years + 10 months
Death 11 June 1996 → 27 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 7 years + 6 months after 20 November 1988
Special notes
None
 
George Harris Hees (1910–1996)
© Photo 1942 Arthur Roy — Public domain
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 35 10 25

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 23–24
PC
 1 Minister 47–50 21 Jun 1957 — 10 Oct 1960 3 3 19
2. CA 24–25
PC
 1 Minister 50–52 11 Oct 1960 — 08 Feb 1963 2 3 28
3. CA 33
PC
 1 Minister 74–78 17 Sep 1984 — 14 Sep 1988 3 11 28
4. CA 33
PC
 1 Minister of State/responsible 77–78 27 Aug 1987 — 14 Sep 1988 1 0 18
 1. Transport
 2. Trade and Commerce
 3. Veterans Affairs
 4. Seniors [National Health and Welfare]

Electoral history

Races 13  
Path points 15  
6 documented challengers
⊖ David A. Croll  m 
⊖ George M.A. Grube  m 
⊖ Pauline Jewett  f 
 		 ⊖ Herbert Gargrave  m 
⊖ David G. Hahn  m 
⊖ William Kashtan  m 
 
Eligible: 58,732 Votes: 41,643 Participation: 70.90% Candidacies: 4
Federal
20		 Ontario
11 June 1945
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 23258(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
34
PC
 2/4 10,846 26.05% -7,132 Winner:
LIB
 17,978 43.17% David A. Croll
Eligible: 41,731 Votes: 21,613 Participation: 51.79% Candidacies: 4
Federal
21		 Ontario
15 May 1950
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23651(F) — 9 Oct 2022 11:53 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
39
PC
 1/4 10,399 48.11% +4,344 Loser:
LIB
 6,055 28.02% Ruth E. Radford

Service: 3 years 2 months 25 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 39,136 Votes: 21,302 Participation: 54.43% Candidacies: 5
Federal
22		 Ontario
10 August 1953
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23758(F) — 8 Aug 2023 20:20 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
PC
 1/5 10,403 49.58% +4,087 Loser:
LIB
 6,316 30.10% Joseph J. Carroll

Service: 3 years 9 months 30 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 34,760 Votes: 21,805 Participation: 62.73% Candidacies: 3
Federal
23		 Ontario
10 June 1957
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24040(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
46
PC
 1/3 12,815 59.45% +8,151 Loser:
LIB
 4,664 21.64% Terrence R. Doidge

Service: 9 months 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 34,760 Votes: 23,905 Participation: 68.77% Candidacies: 4
Federal
24		 Ontario
31 March 1958
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 24306(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
PC
 1/4 15,364 64.27% +10,626 Loser:
LIB
 4,738 19.82% George Taylor

Service: 4 years 2 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 21,917 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
25		 Ontario
18 June 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24583(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
PC
 1/3 8,929 40.74% +1,271 Loser:
LIB
 7,658 34.94% David G. Hahn

Service: 9 months 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 21,359 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 6
Federal
26		 Ontario
8 April 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 24847(F) — 5 Nov 2022 19:29 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
52		 Successor:
LIB
 8,743 40.93% David G. Hahn
Eligible: 25,314 Votes: 22,095 Participation: 87.28% Candidacies: 3
Federal
27		 Ontario
8 November 1965
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 25158(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → Returned to Parliament after hiatus
Age
55
PC
 1/3 10,876 49.66% +563 Loser:
LIB
 10,313 47.09% Pauline Jewett

Service: 2 years 7 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 30,865 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
28		 Ontario
25 June 1968
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10014(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
58
PC
 1/3 15,682 50.81% +3,068 Loser:
LIB
 12,614 40.87% George W. Cunningham

Service: 4 years 4 months 4 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 45,780 Votes: 33,363 Participation: 72.88% Candidacies: 3
Federal
29		 Ontario
30 October 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 10269(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
62
PC
 1/3 19,842 59.47% +9,489 Loser:
LIB
 10,353 31.03% George W. Cunningham

Service: 1 year 8 months 7 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 48,835 Votes: 35,844 Participation: 73.40% Candidacies: 4
Federal
30		 Ontario
8 July 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10532(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
64
PC
 1/4 19,219 53.79% +6,715 Loser:
LIB
 12,504 35.00% George W. Cunningham

Service: 4 years 10 months 13 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 52,740 Votes: 37,886 Participation: 71.84% Candidacies: 3
Federal
31		 Ontario
22 May 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 4461(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
68
PC
 1/3 22,536 59.48% +12,336 Loser:
LIB
 10,200 26.92% Duncan Armstrong

Service: 8 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 52,740 Votes: 37,020 Participation: 70.19% Candidacies: 3
Federal
32		 Ontario
18 February 1980
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4179(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
69
PC
 1/3 17,860 48.41% +3,935 Loser:
LIB
 13,925 37.74% Wilf Wilkinson

Service: 4 years 6 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 54,939 Votes: 38,785 Participation: 70.60% Candidacies: 5
Federal
33		 Ontario
4 September 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3896(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
74
PC
 1/5 24,060 62.29% +14,526 Loser:
LIB
 9,534 24.68% John L. Hill

Service: 4 years 2 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 45,235 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 7
Federal
34		 Ontario
21 November 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3601(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
78		 Successor:
LIB
 18,600 41.12% Christine S. Stewart

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. George Harris Hees, O.C., P.C.		 21 Mar 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. George Harris Hees, O.C., C.P.		 21 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
George Hees		 21 Mar 2024
FR Wikipédia
George Hees		 21 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 21 Mar 2024 23:43 (but data presented dynamically)

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