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♂ Russ Powers
aliasRuss Powers
Record
50578 · 1597

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 1 2
Birth 2 March 1949
Age 75 years + 1 month
First mandate 28 June 2004 → 19 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 55 years + 3 months
 
Mandate ended 18 years + 3 months ago (22 January 2006)
Special notes
None
 
Russ Powers (1949– )
© Photo 2006 Alan Walker — licensed under CC BY-SA 2.5
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 1 6 25

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
2 documented challengers
⊕ Jamilé Ghaddar  f 
 		 ⊕ David S. Sweet  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 79,406 Votes: 55,515 Participation: 69.91% Candidacies: 4
Federal
38		 Ontario
28 June 2004
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 1066(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
55
LIB
 1/4 21,935 39.69% +2,800 Loser:
CPC
 19,135 34.63% David S. Sweet

Service: 1 year 6 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 84,121 Votes: 62,919 Participation: 74.80% Candidacies: 6
Federal
39		 Ontario
23 January 2006
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Minority
ID: 757(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
56
LIB
 2/6 21,656 34.51% -2,874 Winner:
CPC
 24,530 39.10% David S. Sweet

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Mr. Russ Powers, M.P.		 02 Mar 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Monsieur Russ Powers, député		 02 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Russ Powers		 02 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  2 Mar 2024 13:37 (but data presented dynamically)

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