Canada's electoral history from 1867 to today

Martin K. Weiche
aliasMartin K. Weiche
Record
64462 · 15146

   German-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate
Deceased Performance: 0%
 
Canada 0 2 2
Birth 6 January 1921 → 103 years + 3 months ago
Lived 90 years + 7 months
First run 25 June 1968 → 55 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 47 years + 5 months
Death 2 September 2011 → 12 years + 7 months ago
 
Special notes
None
 
Martin K. Weiche (1921–2011)
© Photo The London Free Press — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
Yes, in the 1968 federal election, a full-fledged Nazi ran in the Ontario riding of London East. But the good news is that he obtained only 89 votes, or 0.28%
 

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
4 documented challengers
Paul T. Hellyer  m 
Aideen Nicholson  f 
 
William Kashtan  m 
Charles R. Turner  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 31,694 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
28
Ontario
25 June 1968
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 9992(F) — 26 Jun 2022 23:35 ET
Failed to enter Parliament
Age
47
NAZI
4/4 89 0.28% -11,734 Winner:
LIB
11,823 37.30% Charles R. Turner
Eligible: 27,364 Votes: 20,395 Participation: 74.53% Candidacies: 6
Federal
30
Ontario
8 July 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10549(F) — 26 Jun 2022 23:35 ET
Failed to enter Parliament
Age
53
IND
6/6 64 0.32% -10,619 Winner:
LIB
10,683 52.77% Aideen Nicholson

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
Martin K. Weiche
13 Feb 2024


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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 13 Feb 2024 10:49 (but data presented dynamically)