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♂ Peter Andrew Stewart Milliken
aliasPeter Milliken
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 100%
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Canada 7 0 7
Birth 12 November 1946
Age 77 years + 5 months
First mandate 21 November 1988 → 35 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 42 years
 
Mandate ended 12 years + 11 months ago (1 May 2011)
Special notes
None
 
Peter Andrew Stewart Milliken (1946– )
© Photo 2011 Bruce MacRae — licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ John R. Matheson (1917–2013) Cousin  
 
Well that's interesting!
Serving four consecutive terms spanning ten and a half years, Milliken was the longest serving speaker of the House of Commons. He is remembered as one of the Commons' best speakers, if not the best.
 

Length of Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 22 5 2

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 37–40
LIB
 1 Speaker 54–64 27 Nov 2000 — 01 May 2011 10 5 4

Electoral history

Races 7  
Path points 8  
3 documented challengers
⊕ Helen C. Cooper  f 
⊕ Gary Wilson  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Flora I. MacDonald  f 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 56,919 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Federal
34		 Ontario
21 November 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3584(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
42
LIB
 1/5 23,121 40.62% +2,712 Loser:
PC
 20,409 35.86% Flora I. MacDonald

Service: 4 years 11 months 3 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 95,154 Votes: 57,709 Participation: 60.65% Candidacies: 7
Federal
35		 Ontario
25 October 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3285(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
46
LIB
 1/7 32,372 56.46% +21,437 Loser:
PC
 10,935 19.07% Barry F. Gordon

Service: 3 years 7 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 82,869 Votes: 52,014 Participation: 62.77% Candidacies: 6
Federal
36		 Ontario
2 June 1997
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2984(F) — 3 Dec 2022 10:56 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
LIB
 1/6 25,632 49.51% +14,336 Loser:
PC
 11,296 21.82% Helen C. Cooper

Service: 3 years 5 months 24 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 87,793 Votes: 51,389 Participation: 58.53% Candidacies: 5
Federal
37		 Ontario
27 November 2000
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2652(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
54
LIB
 1/5 26,457 51.69% +17,235 Loser:
PC
 9,222 18.02% Blair MacLean

Service: 3 years 7 months (Gov't)
Eligible: 90,523 Votes: 54,601 Participation: 60.32% Candidacies: 8
Federal
38		 Ontario
28 June 2004
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 1099(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
57
LIB
 1/8 28,544 52.45% +15,962 Loser:
CPC
 12,582 23.12% Blair MacLean

Service: 1 year 6 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 94,720 Votes: 62,488 Participation: 65.97% Candidacies: 6
Federal
39		 Ontario
23 January 2006
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Minority
ID: 790(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
59
LIB
 1/6 28,548 45.86% +12,318 Loser:
CPC
 16,230 26.07% Lou Grimshaw

Service: 2 years 8 months 20 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 96,955 Votes: 58,274 Participation: 60.10% Candidacies: 4
Federal
40		 Ontario
14 October 2008
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Minority
ID: 5831(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
61
LIB
 1/4 22,734 39.15% +3,839 Loser:
CPC
 18,895 32.54% Brian Abrams

Service: 2 years 6 months 17 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 96,049 Votes: 60,876 Participation: 63.38% Candidacies: 4
Federal
41		 Ontario
2 May 2011
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Majority
ID: 6371(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
64		 Successor:
LIB
 23,842 39.31% Theodore Hsu

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Peter Andrew Stewart Milliken, P.C., M.P.		 09 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Peter Andrew Stewart Milliken, C.P., député		 09 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Peter Milliken		 09 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Peter Milliken		 09 Apr 2024

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