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♂ Paul Theodore Hellyer
aliasPaul Hellyer
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 62%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 8 5 13
Birth 6 August 1923 → 100 years + 8 months ago
Lived 98 years
First mandate 27 June 1949 → 74 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 25 years + 10 months
Death 8 August 2021 → 2 years + 8 months ago
Exit → Death 47 years + 1 month after 7 July 1974
Special notes
One of the nine candidates in the 1968 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election.
 
Paul Theodore Hellyer (1923–2021)
© Photo 1967 Government of Canada — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
A federal Liberal minister in the 1960s, Hellyer defected to the Progressive Conservative Party in July 1972, just a few months before that year's general election. More than twenty years after his 1974 electoral defeat as a PC in the Toronto riding of Trinity, after which he was never re-elected, he founded the left-leaning Canadian Action Party in 1997.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 23 5 28

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 26–27
LIB
 1 Minister 39–44 22 Apr 1963 — 18 Sep 1967 4 4 27
2. CA 27–28
LIB
 1 Minister 44–45 19 Sep 1967 — 29 Apr 1969 1 7 10
3. CA 35–36
ACT
 1 Party leader 73–80 13 May 1997 — 29 Feb 2004 6 9 16
 1. National Defence
 2. Transport

Electoral history

Races 13  
Path points 13  
13 documented challengers
⊕ Jean Augustine  f 
⊖ F. Andrew Brewin  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ William C. Graham  m 
⊖ John R. MacNicol  m 
⊖ M. Douglas Morton  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Samuel Walsh  m 
⊖ Frederick M. Young  m 
 		 ⊕ David Z. Berlin  m 
⊕ Daniel Goldstick  m 
⊖ William Kashtan  m 
⊖ Leslie T. Morris  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Aideen Nicholson  f  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Martin K. Weiche  m 
 
Eligible: 42,219 Votes: 29,495 Participation: 69.86% Candidacies: 3
Federal
21		 Ontario
27 June 1949
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23462(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
25
LIB
 1/3 11,431 39.05% +955 Loser:
PC
 10,476 35.79% John R. MacNicol

Service: 4 years 1 month 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 38,035 Votes: 22,002 Participation: 57.85% Candidacies: 4
Federal
22		 Ontario
10 August 1953
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23763(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
30
LIB
 1/4 8,919 41.13% +1,921 Loser:
PC
 6,998 32.27% Harold McBride

Service: 3 years 9 months 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 32,578 Votes: 22,576 Participation: 69.30% Candidacies: 3
Federal
23		 Ontario
10 June 1957
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24045(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
33
LIB
 2/3 6,665 30.20% -2,324 Winner:
PC
 8,989 40.73% M. Douglas Morton
Eligible: 32,578 Votes: 24,952 Participation: 76.59% Candidacies: 3
Federal
24		 Ontario
31 March 1958
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 24311(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to Parliament
Age
34
LIB
 2/3 7,872 31.55% -4,245 Winner:
PC
 12,117 48.56% M. Douglas Morton
Eligible: 32,162 Votes: 11,791 Participation: 36.66% Candidacies: 4
Federal
24		 Ontario
15 December 1958
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 24486(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → Returned to Parliament after hiatus
Age
35
LIB
 1/4 5,175 43.89% +771 Loser:
PC
 4,404 37.35% Joe Lesniak

Service: 3 years 6 months 2 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 20,450 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 6
Federal
25		 Ontario
18 June 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24649(F) — 6 Sep 2021 16:32 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
38
LIB
 1/6 9,615 47.02% +3,491 Loser:
PC
 6,124 29.95% Stanley Frolick

Service: 9 months 20 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 19,669 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
26		 Ontario
8 April 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 24913(F) — 6 Sep 2021 16:33 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
39
LIB
 1/4 10,595 53.87% +5,424 Loser:
PC
 5,171 26.29% John Wasylenko

Service: 2 years 6 months 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 24,152 Votes: 17,349 Participation: 71.83% Candidacies: 3
Federal
27		 Ontario
8 November 1965
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 25182(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
42
LIB
 1/3 9,897 58.06% +5,522 Loser:
PC
 4,375 25.67% John Brazill

Service: 2 years 7 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 22,663 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
28		 Ontario
25 June 1968
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10030(F) — 28 Jun 2023 13:14 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
44
LIB
 1/3 13,126 57.92% +7,766 Loser:
PC
 5,360 23.65% Ed Robertson
After his election:
21 May 1971 47
LIB
 →
ILIB
 Changed allegiance (joined opposition)
25 Jul 1972 48
ILIB
 →
PC
 Changed allegiance (remained in opposition)
Service: 4 years 4 months 4 days (Gov't & Oppo.)
Eligible: 28,788 Votes: 21,041 Participation: 73.09% Candidacies: 5
Federal
29		 Ontario
30 October 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 10285(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
49
PC
 1/5 8,518 40.48% +184 Loser:
LIB
 8,334 39.61% Aideen Nicholson

Service: 1 year 8 months 7 days (Oppo.)
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
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
50
PC
 2/6 6,537 32.29% -4,146 Winner:
LIB
 10,683 52.77% Aideen Nicholson
Eligible: 68,225 Votes: 46,151 Participation: 67.65% Candidacies: 8
Federal
36		 Ontario
2 June 1997
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2972(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to Parliament (Party leader)
Age
73
ACT
 5/8 770 1.68% -20,410 Winner:
LIB
 21,180 46.22% Jean Augustine
Eligible: 83,243 Votes: 47,605 Participation: 57.19% Candidacies: 9
Federal
37		 Ontario
27 November 2000
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2740(F) — 28 Nov 2022 05:18 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to Parliament (Party leader)
Age
77
ACT
 5/9 1,466 3.10% -24,737 Winner:
LIB
 26,203 55.33% William C. Graham

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Paul Theodore Hellyer, , F.R.S.A., P.C.		 31 Jan 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Paul Theodore Hellyer, , F.R.S.A., C.P.		 31 Jan 2024
EN Wikipedia
Paul Hellyer		 31 Jan 2024
FR Wikipédia
Paul Hellyer		 31 Jan 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  8 Apr 2024 21:12 (but data presented dynamically)

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