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♂ Edwin Arnold Hansford
aliasEdwin Arnold Hansford
Record
25892 · 14633

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 40%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 2 2
Manitoba 2 1 3
Total 2 3 5
Birth 1 December 1895 → 128 years + 4 months ago
Lived 63 years + 3 months
First mandate 15 October 1945 → 78 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 49 years + 10 months
Death 12 March 1959 → 65 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 5 years + 9 months after 7 June 1953
Special notes
None
 
Edwin Arnold Hansford (1895–1959)
© Photo Archives of Manitoba via the Manitoba Historical Society — Public domain
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 St. Boniface, Manitoba (1953–1954)
Mun./Co. Council ✗
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 7 7 21 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. MB 22–23
CCF
 1 Party leader 51–56 16 Jun 1947 — 31 Jan 1952 4 7 15
2. MB 22–23
CCF
 1 Opposition Leader 52–54 10 Feb 1948 — 22 Apr 1950 2 2 12

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
6 documented challengers
⊖ Austin L. Clarke  m 
⊖ J. Paul Marion  m 
⊖ Laurier A. Régnier  m 
 		 ⊖ John P. Howden  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Thomas B. Molloy  m 
⊖ Joseph G. Van Belleghen  m 
 
Eligible: 20,775 Votes: 13,618 Participation: 65.55% Candidacies: 3
Federal
17		 Manitoba
28 July 1930
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 22357(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
34
LAB
 3/3 1,943 14.27% -5,102 Winner:
LIB
 7,045 51.73% John P. Howden
Eligible: 16,484 Votes: 12,941 Participation: 78.51% Candidacies: 5
Federal
18		 Manitoba
14 October 1935
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22629(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
39
CCF
 2/5 2,304 17.80% -5,049 Winner:
LIB
 7,353 56.82% John P. Howden
Eligible: 19,140 Votes: 6,338 Participation: 42.13% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
21		 Manitoba
22 April 1941
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  COAL  Majority
ID: 37469(F) — 16 Sep 2022 18:56 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
45
CCF
 2/3 2,322 35.16% -351 Winner:
LIBP
 2,673 46.95% Austin L. Clarke
Eligible: 24,052 Votes: 13,564 Participation: 56.39% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
22		 Manitoba
15 October 1945
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  COAL  Majority
ID: 37520(F) — 17 Sep 2022 15:45 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
49
CCF
 1/5 6,349 47.54% +2,410 Loser:
LIBP
 3,939 29.49% Walter H. Tod

Service: 4 years 25 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 29,981 Votes: 14,938 Participation: 49.82% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
23		 Manitoba
10 November 1949
General
Single trans. vote (2)
Gov't  COAL  Majority
ID: 37568(F) — 17 Sep 2022 15:42 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
53
CCF
 2/5 3,905 26.56% +1,175 Loser:
ACPC
 2,730 18.57% J. Paul Marion

Service: 3 years 6 months 28 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 32,557 Votes: 20,013 Participation: 61.47% Candidacies: 8
Provincial
24		 Manitoba
8 June 1953
General
Single trans. vote (2)
Gov't  LIBP  Majority
ID: 37618(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
57		 Successor:
LIBP
 3,580 18.31% L. Raymond Fennell

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Hansford, Edwin Arnold		 02 Apr 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Hansford, Edwin Arnold		 02 Apr 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
Edwin Arnold Hansford (1895-1959)		 02 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Edwin Hansford		 02 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  2 Apr 2024 21:10 (but data presented dynamically)

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