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♂ Rick Byers
aliasRick Byers
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 In office
Ontario
Government
 Performance: 40%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 2 2
Ontario 2 1 3
Total 2 3 5
* Includes a post-dated race
Birth c. 1959
Age ± 65 years
First mandate 2 June 2022 → 1 year + 10 months ago
↳ at age ± 63 years
 
 
Special notes
None
 
Rick Byers (c.1959– )
© Photo Legislative Assembly, Ontario — Fair trade
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
Ontario 1 10 26 Z

Electoral history

Races * 5  
Path points 5  
2 documented challengers
⊕ M.A. Bonnie Brown  f  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊕ Kevin D. Flynn  m 
 
Eligible: 76,513 Votes: 48,485 Participation: 63.37% Candidacies: 5
Federal
37		 Ontario
27 November 2000
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2706(F) — 5 Sep 2023 11:54 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
±41
PC
 3/5 9,589 19.84% -13,485 Winner:
LIB
 23,074 47.74% M.A. Bonnie Brown
Eligible: 79,831 Votes: 55,451 Participation: 69.46% Candidacies: 5
Federal
38		 Ontario
28 June 2004
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 1123(F) — 5 Sep 2023 11:54 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
±45
CPC
 2/5 19,524 35.35% -9,205 Winner:
LIB
 28,729 52.01% M.A. Bonnie Brown
Eligible: 82,304 Votes: 47,951 Participation: 58.26% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
39		 Ontario
10 October 2007
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 5245(F) — 5 Sep 2023 11:54 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
±48
PC
 2/5 16,659 34.92% -7,102 Winner:
LIB
 23,761 49.81% Kevin D. Flynn
Eligible: 89,703 Votes: 42,180 Participation: 47.02% Candidacies: 9
Provincial
43		 Ontario
2 June 2022
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 38667(F) — 5 Sep 2023 11:54 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±63
PC
 1/9 20,304 48.56% +11,805 Loser:
LIB
 8,499 20.33% Selwyn J. Hicks

Service: 1 year 10 months 26 days (Gov't)
Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound
Post-dated race
Provincial
44		 Ontario
4 June 2026
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 39901(P) — 21 Apr 2024 20:51 ET
✓
 Incumbent will likely be re-elected (Gov't)
Age
±67
PC
 1/5   46.84%   Loser:
LIB

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Rick Byers		 21 Apr 2024
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Rick Byers		 21 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Rick Byers		 21 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Rick Byers		 21 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 21 Apr 2024 20:51 (but data presented dynamically)

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