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♂ Herbert Eser Gray
aliasHerbert Eser Gray
Record
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Belarusian-Canadian    Judaism   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 13 0 13
Birth 25 May 1931 → 92 years + 11 months ago
Lived 82 years + 10 months
First mandate 18 June 1962 → 61 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 31 years
Death 21 April 2014 → 10 years ago
Exit → Death 12 years + 3 months after 14 January 2002
Special notes
None
 
Herbert Eser Gray (1931–2014)
© Photo 2011 Christine St. John / Connormah — licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
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 39 6 15

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 28
LIB
 1 Minister 38–39 20 Oct 1969 — 23 Sep 1970 0 11 3
2. CA 28
LIB
 1 Minister 39–41 24 Sep 1970 — 26 Nov 1972 2 2 2
3. CA 32
LIB
 1 Minister 48–51 03 Mar 1980 — 29 Sep 1982 2 6 26
4. CA 32
LIB
 1 Minister of State/responsible 49–53 23 Feb 1981 — 16 Sep 1984 3 6 24
5. CA 32
LIB
 1 Minister 51–53 30 Sep 1982 — 16 Sep 1984 1 11 17
6. CA 34
LIB
 1 ✓ Opposition Leader 58–59 08 Feb 1990 — 20 Dec 1990 0 10 12
7. CA 35
LIB
 1 Minister 62–66 04 Nov 1993 — 10 Jun 1997 3 7 6
8. CA 35–37
LIB
 2 Minister of State/responsible 62–70 04 Nov 1993 — 14 Jan 2002 8 2 10
9. CA 35
LIB
 1 Minister 62–66 04 Nov 1993 — 10 Jun 1997 3 7 6
10. CA 36–37
LIB
 1 Minister 66–70 11 Jun 1997 — 14 Jan 2002 4 7 3
 1. Without portfolio
 2. National Revenue
 3. Industry, Trade and Commerce
 4. Ontario [Without portfolio]
 5. President [Treasury Board]
 7. Solicitor General
 8. Ontario [Without portfolio]
 9. Government House Leader
10. Deputy Prime Minister [Privy Council]

Electoral history

Races 13  
Path points 14  
4 documented challengers
⊖ Robert A. Cruise  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Norman L. Spencer  m 
 		 ⊕ Hugh Peacock  m 
⊕ Jeffrey D. Watson  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 39,851 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Federal
25		 Ontario
18 June 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24595(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
31
LIB
 1/5 18,152 45.55% +7,134 Loser:
PC
 11,018 27.65% Norman L. Spencer

Service: 9 months 20 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 41,262 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
26		 Ontario
8 April 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 24859(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
31
LIB
 1/4 23,165 56.14% +12,219 Loser:
PC
 10,946 26.53% Tom Brophey

Service: 2 years 6 months 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 57,425 Votes: 38,969 Participation: 67.86% Candidacies: 5
Federal
27		 Ontario
8 November 1965
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 25128(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
34
LIB
 1/5 21,525 56.12% +11,227 Loser:
PC
 10,298 26.85% Austin Dixon

Service: 2 years 7 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 30,416 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
28		 Ontario
25 June 1968
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10036(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
37
LIB
 1/3 16,442 54.06% +7,470 Loser:
NDP
 8,972 29.50% Stuart Ross

Service: 4 years 4 months 4 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 50,978 Votes: 36,517 Participation: 71.63% Candidacies: 3
Federal
29		 Ontario
30 October 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 10291(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
41
LIB
 1/3 17,966 49.20% +4,856 Loser:
NDP
 13,110 35.90% Paul Forder

Service: 1 year 8 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 51,150 Votes: 35,056 Participation: 68.54% Candidacies: 4
Federal
30		 Ontario
8 July 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10555(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
LIB
 1/4 19,474 55.97% +8,844 Loser:
NDP
 10,630 30.55% Ron Seale

Service: 4 years 10 months 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 53,926 Votes: 34,894 Participation: 64.71% Candidacies: 5
Federal
31		 Ontario
22 May 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 4498(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
LIB
 1/5 16,943 48.56% +5,037 Loser:
NDP
 11,906 34.12% Maxine Jones

Service: 8 months 26 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 53,926 Votes: 34,031 Participation: 63.11% Candidacies: 5
Federal
32		 Ontario
18 February 1980
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4216(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
48
LIB
 1/5 19,755 58.50% +9,970 Loser:
NDP
 9,785 28.98% Maxine Jones

Service: 4 years 6 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 51,899 Votes: 33,982 Participation: 65.48% Candidacies: 5
Federal
33		 Ontario
4 September 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3935(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
LIB
 1/5 13,624 40.55% +2,121 Loser:
NDP
 11,503 34.23% Paul Forder

Service: 4 years 2 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 42,309 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Federal
34		 Ontario
21 November 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3640(F) — 30 Jan 2022 16:20 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
57
LIB
 1/5 23,796 56.24% +11,653 Loser:
NDP
 12,143 28.70% Paul Forder

Service: 4 years 11 months 3 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 68,628 Votes: 39,275 Participation: 57.23% Candidacies: 9
Federal
35		 Ontario
25 October 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3347(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
62
LIB
 1/9 28,347 72.77% +23,920 Loser:
REF
 4,427 11.36% Brett Skinner

Service: 3 years 7 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 72,448 Votes: 39,943 Participation: 55.13% Candidacies: 6
Federal
36		 Ontario
2 June 1997
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3046(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
66
LIB
 1/6 21,877 55.20% +12,466 Loser:
NDP
 9,411 23.75% Tom Milne

Service: 3 years 5 months 24 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 76,973 Votes: 38,521 Participation: 50.04% Candidacies: 6
Federal
37		 Ontario
27 November 2000
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2715(F) — 1 Feb 2022 15:05 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
69
LIB
 1/6 20,729 54.21% +11,952 Loser:
CA
 8,777 22.96% Jeffrey D. Watson
After his election:
14 Jan 2002 70
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Left federal politics
Service: 1 year 1 month 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 76,825 Votes: 33,046 Participation: 43.01% Candidacies: 6
Federal
37		 Ontario
13 May 2002
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10827(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
70		 Successor:
NDP
 14,021 42.69% Brian S. Masse

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Canadian Encyclopedia
Herb Gray		 25 Mar 2024
FR Encyclopédie canadienne
Herb Gray		 25 Mar 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Right Hon. Herbert Eser (Herb) Gray, P.C., Q.C., C.C., M.P.		 25 Mar 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Le très hon. Herbert Eser (Herb) Gray, C.P., c.r., C.C., député		 25 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Herb Gray		 25 Mar 2024
FR Wikipédia
Herb Gray		 25 Mar 2024

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