Canada's electoral history from 1867 to today

Paul W. Dewar
aliasPaul W. Dewar
Record
15865 · 1652

1
Type of record
Elected candidate
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate
Deceased Performance: 75%
 
Canada 3 1 4
Birth 25 January 1963 → 61 years + 3 months ago
Lived 56 years
First mandate 23 January 2006 → 18 years + 3 months ago
↳ at age 42 years + 11 months
Death 6 February 2019 → 5 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 3 years + 3 months after 18 October 2015
Special notes
None
 
Paul W. Dewar (1963–2019)
© Photo 2012 Asclepias — licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0
Family tie with other documented individual
Marion H. Dewar (1928–2008) Mother  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 9 8 22

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
4 documented challengers
David Chernushenko  m 
Catherine M. McKenna  f 
 
Penny Collenette  f 
Stuart Ryan  m  (3 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 91,958 Votes: 66,950 Participation: 72.80% Candidacies: 8
Federal
39
Ontario
23 January 2006
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Minority
ID: 816(F) — 1 Oct 2021 15:21 ET
→ New to Parliament
Age
42
NDP
1/8 24,609 36.94% +5,141 Loser:
LIB
19,468 29.22% Richard Mahoney

Service:
2 years 8 months 20 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 92,877 Votes: 64,184 Participation: 69.11% Candidacies: 6
Federal
40
Ontario
14 October 2008
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Minority
ID: 5857(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
NDP
1/6 25,399 39.74% +8,766 Loser:
LIB
16,633 26.02% Penny Collenette

Service:
2 years 6 months 17 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 90,008 Votes: 65,135 Participation: 72.37% Candidacies: 8
Federal
41
Ontario
2 May 2011
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Majority
ID: 6397(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
Re-elected incumbent
Age
48
NDP
1/8 33,805 52.11% +19,742 Loser:
CPC
14,063 21.68% Damian Konstantinakos

Service:
4 years 5 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 94,858 Votes: 75,886 Participation: 80.00% Candidacies: 8
Federal
42
Ontario
19 October 2015
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7482(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
Defeated incumbent →
Age
52
NDP
2/8 29,098 38.54% -3,113 Winner:
LIB
32,211 42.66% Catherine M. McKenna

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Mr. Paul Dewar, M.P.
30 Jan 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Monsieur Paul Dewar, député
30 Jan 2024
EN Wikipedia
Paul Dewar
30 Jan 2024
FR Wikipédia
Paul Dewar
30 Jan 2024


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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 30 Jan 2024 10:02 (but data presented dynamically)