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♂ James Keegstra
aliasJames Keegstra
Record
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☆   Dutch-Canadian    Dutch Reformed   
Type of record
Elected candidate
Known but unelected candidate ✓
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 0%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 3 3
Birth 30 March 1934 → 90 years ago
Lived 80 years + 2 months
First run 30 October 1972 → 51 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 38 years + 7 months
Death 2 June 2014 → 9 years + 10 months ago
 
Special notes
None
 
James Keegstra (1934–2014)
© Photo 1985 Dave Buston / Presse canadienne — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
Keegstra, who ran three times from 1972 to 1984 for the Social Credit Party of Canada, was arguably one of Canada's most notorious anti-Semites of the late 20th century.
 

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 33
SC
 1 Party leader 53 27 Jul 1987 — 31 Aug 1987 0 1 4

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
1 documented challenger
⊖ T. Gordon Towers  m  (3 runoffs)
 
 
Eligible: 45,311 Votes: 34,188 Participation: 75.45% Candidacies: 4
Federal
29		 Alberta
30 October 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 10143(F) — 6 Sep 2021 21:55 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
38
SC
 4/4 3,631 10.62% -17,312 Winner:
PC
 20,943 61.26% T. Gordon Towers
Eligible: 45,311 Votes: 33,357 Participation: 73.62% Candidacies: 4
Federal
30		 Alberta
8 July 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10407(F) — 6 Sep 2021 21:55 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
40
SC
 4/4 2,670 8.00% -19,581 Winner:
PC
 22,251 66.71% T. Gordon Towers
Eligible: 78,283 Votes: 55,387 Participation: 70.75% Candidacies: 5
Federal
33		 Alberta
4 September 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3762(F) — 6 Sep 2021 21:55 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
50
SC
 5/5 691 1.25% -41,004 Winner:
PC
 41,695 75.43% T. Gordon Towers

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
James Keegstra		 03 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  3 Mar 2024 12:08 (but data presented dynamically)

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