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♂ Clifford William Downey
aliasCliff Downey
Record
16850 · 2

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 0 1
Birth 24 May 1928 → 95 years + 11 months ago
Lived 89 years + 11 months
First mandate 25 June 1968 → 55 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 40 years + 1 month
Death 3 May 2018 → 5 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death 45 years + 6 months after 29 October 1972
Special notes
None
 
Clifford William Downey (1928–2018)
© Photo 1968 House of Commons (Canada) — Public domain
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 4 4 4

Electoral history

Race 1  
Path points 2  
Documented challenger
None
 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 24,432 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
28		 Alberta
25 June 1968
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 9865(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
40
PC
 1/4 15,725 64.36% +11,601 Loser:
LIB
 4,124 16.88% G. Rod Knaut

Service: 4 years 4 months 4 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 33,794 Votes: 25,585 Participation: 75.71% Candidacies: 4
Federal
29		 Alberta
30 October 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 10129(F) — 20 Aug 2023 16:34 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
44		 Successor:
PC
 16,268 63.58% Harry M. Kuntz

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Cliff Downey, M.P.		 25 Feb 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Cliff Downey, député		 25 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Cliff Downey		 25 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 10 Apr 2024 20:53 (but data presented dynamically)

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