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♂ Cornelius W. Wiebe
aliasCornelius W. Wiebe
Record
65149 · 14590

☆   Mennonite   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Manitoba 1 0 1
Birth 18 February 1893 → 131 years + 2 months ago
Lived 106 years + 4 months
First mandate 16 June 1932 → 91 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 39 years + 3 months
Death 12 July 1999 → 24 years + 9 months ago
Exit → Death 62 years + 11 months after 26 July 1936
Special notes
None
 
Cornelius W. Wiebe (1893–1999)
© Photo Archives of Manitoba via the Manitoba Historical Society — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
Wiebe was the first Mennonite to serve in the Manitoba legislature (Morden and Rhineland, 1932–1936), serving only one term as a Liberal-Progressive. He died 63 years after the end of his mandate, at the age of 106.
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Manitoba 4 1 9 Z

Electoral history

Race 1  
Path points 2  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Hugh J. McGavin  m 
 
 
Eligible: 7,453 Votes: 5,227 Participation: 70.13% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
19		 Manitoba
16 June 1932
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  LIBP  Majority
ID: 37363(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
39
LIBP
 1/2 2,837 54.28% +447 Loser:
CONS
 2,390 45.72% Hugh J. McGavin

Service: 4 years 1 month 10 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 8,690 Votes: 5,741 Participation: 66.06% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
20		 Manitoba
27 July 1936
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  LIBP  Minority
ID: 37413(F) — 15 Sep 2022 08:00 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
43		 Successor:
CONS
 3,024 53.15% Wallace C. Miller

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Wiebe, Cornelius		 16 Feb 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Wiebe, Cornelius		 16 Feb 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
Cornelius W. Wiebe (1893-1999)		 16 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Cornelius Wiebe		 16 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
Cornelius Wiebe		 16 Feb 2024

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