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♂ David E. Van Kesteren
aliasDavid E. Van Kesteren
Record
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Dutch-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 80%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 4 1 5
Birth 7 October 1955
Age 68 years + 6 months
First mandate 23 January 2006 → 18 years + 3 months ago
↳ at age 50 years + 3 months
 
Mandate ended 4 years + 6 months ago (20 October 2019)
Special notes
None
 
David E. Van Kesteren (1955– )
© Photo 2017 House of Commons (Canada) — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 13 8 23

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Jerry Pickard  m 
 
 
Eligible: 74,409 Votes: 44,292 Participation: 59.53% Candidacies: 5
Federal
38		 Ontario
28 June 2004
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 1077(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
48
CPC
 2/5 17,028 38.70% -407 Winner:
LIB
 17,435 39.63% Jerry Pickard
Eligible: 74,875 Votes: 48,869 Participation: 65.27% Candidacies: 4
Federal
39		 Ontario
23 January 2006
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Minority
ID: 768(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
50
CPC
 1/4 20,820 42.81% +5,616 Loser:
LIB
 15,204 31.26% Jim Comiskey

Service: 2 years 8 months 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 74,973 Votes: 41,882 Participation: 55.86% Candidacies: 4
Federal
40		 Ontario
14 October 2008
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Minority
ID: 5809(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
CPC
 1/4 19,960 47.92% +7,833 Loser:
LIB
 12,127 29.12% Matt Daudlin

Service: 2 years 6 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 74,231 Votes: 43,672 Participation: 58.83% Candidacies: 4
Federal
41		 Ontario
2 May 2011
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Majority
ID: 6349(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
55
CPC
 1/4 23,360 53.76% +11,911 Loser:
NDP
 11,449 26.35% Ronald A. Franko

Service: 4 years 5 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 79,755 Votes: 52,234 Participation: 65.49% Candidacies: 4
Federal
42		 Ontario
19 October 2015
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7434(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
60
CPC
 1/4 21,677 41.71% +2,326 Loser:
LIB
 19,351 37.23% Katie Omstead

Service: 4 years 1 day (Oppo.)
Eligible: 86,586 Votes: 54,538 Participation: 62.99% Candidacies: 6
Federal
43		 Ontario
21 October 2019
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 26917(F) — 22 Sep 2021 12:13 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
64		 Successor:
CPC
 25,359 46.88% David A. Epp

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Mr. Dave Van Kesteren, M.P.		 03 Mar 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Monsieur Dave Van Kesteren, député		 03 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Dave Van Kesteren		 03 Mar 2024
FR Wikipédia
Dave Van Kesteren		 03 Mar 2024

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