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♂ Elmer S. Knutson
aliasElmer S. Knutson
Record
32258 · 15169

Type of record
Elected candidate
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate ✓		 Deceased Performance: 0%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 2 2
Alberta 0 3 3
Total 0 5 5
Birth 30 October 1914 → 109 years + 6 months ago
Lived 86 years + 9 months
First run 2 November 1982 → 41 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 68 years
Death 9 August 2001 → 22 years + 9 months ago
 
Special notes
None
 
Elmer S. Knutson (1914–2001)
© Photo — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 32–33
CORW
 1 Party leader 69–70 01 Jan 1984 — 30 Jun 1985 1 5 29

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
9 documented challengers
⊖ R. Roy Brassard  m 
⊖ Ivor G. Dent  m 
⊕ James Gurnett  m 
⊕ Walter R. Szwender  m 
⊕ John E. Younie  m 
 		 ⊖ Douglas H. Christie  m 
⊕ Ronald C. Fisher  m 
⊖ W. Ernest Jamison  m 
⊖ Walter Van de Walle  m 
 
Eligible: 20,341 Votes: 12,070 Participation: 59.34% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
20		 Alberta
2 November 1982
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12823(F) — 4 Sep 2022 11:50 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
68
IND
 4/5 512 4.26% -6,067 Winner:
PC
 6,579 54.79% Walter R. Szwender
Eligible: 9,476 Votes: 6,839 Participation: 72.17% Candidacies: 7
Provincial
20		 Alberta
21 February 1985
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 13189(F) — 4 Sep 2022 11:50 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
70
COR
 4/7 311 4.55% -2,198 Winner:
NDP
 2,509 36.69% James Gurnett
Eligible: 14,322 Votes: 7,842 Participation: 54.75% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
21		 Alberta
8 May 1986
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12768(F) — 4 Sep 2022 11:50 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
71
COR
 2/3 1,785 22.85% -3,419 Winner:
PC
 5,204 66.62% R. Roy Brassard
Eligible: 86,792 Votes: 44,636 Participation: 51.43% Candidacies: 7
Federal
33		 Alberta
29 September 1986
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 10861(F) — 4 Sep 2022 11:50 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
71
CORW
 6/7 926 2.07% -15,599 Winner:
PC
 16,525 37.02% Walter Van de Walle
Eligible: inc. Votes: 43,669 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Federal
34		 Saskatchewan
21 November 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3735(F) — 4 Sep 2022 11:50 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament (Party leader)
Age
74
CORW
 4/5 384 0.88% -20,602 Winner:
NDP
 20,986 48.06% Ronald C. Fisher

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
Elmer Knutson		 03 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  3 Mar 2024 10:58 (but data presented dynamically)

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