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♀ Sarmite Drosma Bulte
aliasSam Bulte
Record
8169 · 1578

Latvian-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 3 1 4
Birth 27 September 1953
Age 70 years + 7 months
First mandate 2 June 1997 → 26 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 43 years + 8 months
 
Mandate ended 18 years + 3 months ago (22 January 2006)
Special notes
None
 
Sarmite Drosma (Sam) Bulte (1953– )
© Photo 2004 House of Commons (Canada) — 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
Canada 8 7 19

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
1 documented challenger
⊕ Peggy A. Nash  f  (2 runoffs)
 
 
Eligible: 62,999 Votes: 43,250 Participation: 68.65% Candidacies: 8
Federal
36		 Ontario
2 June 1997
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3013(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
43
LIB
 1/8 20,692 48.27% +11,930 Loser:
NDP
 8,762 20.44% Paul Schmidt

Service: 3 years 5 months 24 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 72,274 Votes: 42,075 Participation: 58.22% Candidacies: 10
Federal
37		 Ontario
27 November 2000
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2732(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
LIB
 1/10 20,676 49.41% +12,729 Loser:
NDP
 7,947 18.99% Paul Schmidt

Service: 3 years 7 months (Gov't)
Eligible: 73,527 Votes: 47,162 Participation: 64.14% Candidacies: 6
Federal
38		 Ontario
28 June 2004
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 1131(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
LIB
 1/6 19,727 42.05% +3,526 Loser:
NDP
 16,201 34.53% Peggy A. Nash

Service: 1 year 6 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 73,499 Votes: 51,690 Participation: 70.33% Candidacies: 7
Federal
39		 Ontario
23 January 2006
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Minority
ID: 822(F) — 20 Apr 2024 11:37 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
52
LIB
 2/7 18,489 35.94% -2,301 Winner:
NDP
 20,790 40.41% Peggy A. Nash

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Sarmite D. Bulte, P.C., M.P.		 13 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Sarmite D. Bulte, C.P., députée		 13 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Sarmite Bulte		 13 Apr 2024

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

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