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♂ Charles Mills Drury
aliasCharles Mills Drury
Record
17114 · 250

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 6 0 6
Birth 7 May 1912 → 111 years + 11 months ago
Lived 78 years + 8 months
First mandate 18 June 1962 → 61 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 50 years + 1 month
Death 12 January 1991 → 33 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 12 years + 11 months after 26 January 1978
Special notes
None
 
Charles Mills Drury (1912–1991)
© Photo 1974 House of Commons (Canada) — Fair trade
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 15 7 4

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 26–27
LIB
 1 Minister 50–56 22 Apr 1963 — 05 Jul 1968 5 2 13
2. CA 26–27
LIB
 1 Minister 51–56 25 Jul 1963 — 05 Jul 1968 4 11 10
3. CA 27
LIB
 1 ✓ Minister of State/responsible 55–56 20 Apr 1968 — 05 Jul 1968 0 2 15
4. CA 27
LIB
 1 Minister 55–56 20 Apr 1968 — 05 Jul 1968 0 2 15
5. CA 28–29
LIB
 1 Minister 56–62 06 Jul 1968 — 07 Aug 1974 6 1 1
6. CA 28
LIB
 1 ✓ Minister 58 17 Sep 1970 — 23 Sep 1970 0 0 6
7. CA 28
LIB
 2 ✓ Minister 60 07 Sep 1972 — 26 Nov 1972 0 2 19
8. CA 30
LIB
 1 Minister 62–64 08 Aug 1974 — 13 Sep 1976 2 1 5
9. CA 30
LIB
 1 ✓ Minister 63 10 Sep 1975 — 25 Sep 1975 0 0 15
 1. Defence Production
 2. Industry
 3. Canadian Wheat Board [Agriculture] [Int]
 4. Trade and Commerce
 5. President [Treasury Board]
 6. National Defence [Int]
 7. National Defence [Int]
 8. Public Works
 9. Finance [Int]

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 7  
1 documented challenger
⊕ Michael A. Meighen  m  (2 runoffs)
 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 26,890 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
25		 Québec
18 June 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24723(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
50
LIB
 1/4 13,973 51.96% +3,104 Loser:
PC
 10,869 40.42% Peter Kerrigan

Service: 9 months 20 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 27,423 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
26		 Québec
8 April 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 24988(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
LIB
 1/4 16,635 60.66% +9,412 Loser:
PC
 7,223 26.34% Peter Kerrigan

Service: 2 years 6 months 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 35,560 Votes: 23,906 Participation: 67.23% Candidacies: 4
Federal
27		 Québec
8 November 1965
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 25257(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
LIB
 1/4 13,378 56.92% +7,035 Loser:
PC
 6,343 26.99% G.B. Alex Hutchison

Service: 2 years 7 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 39,335 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
28		 Québec
25 June 1968
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10127(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
56
LIB
 1/3 31,104 79.07% +25,176 Loser:
PC
 5,928 15.07% Murray G. Ballantyne

Service: 4 years 4 months 4 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 53,397 Votes: 40,064 Participation: 75.03% Candidacies: 4
Federal
29		 Québec
30 October 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 10377(F) — 23 Jan 2022 16:00 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
60
LIB
 1/4 24,049 60.03% +13,498 Loser:
PC
 10,551 26.34% Michael A. Meighen

Service: 1 year 8 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 51,592 Votes: 37,127 Participation: 71.96% Candidacies: 5
Federal
30		 Québec
8 July 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10641(F) — 29 Jan 2022 23:19 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
62
LIB
 1/5 20,816 57.61% +9,241 Loser:
PC
 11,575 32.03% Michael A. Meighen
After his election:
26 Jan 1978 65
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Left federal politics
Service: 3 years 6 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 51,592 Votes: 28,727 Participation: 55.68% Candidacies: 4
Federal
30		 Québec
16 October 1978
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10905(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
66		 Successor:
LIB
 17,214 59.92% Donald J. Johnston

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Canadian Encyclopedia
Charles Mills Drury		 25 Mar 2024
FR Encyclopédie canadienne
Drury, Charles Mills		 25 Mar 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Charles Mills (Bud) Drury, P.C., Q.C., O.C., C.B.E., D.S.O., M.P.		 25 Mar 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Charles Mills (Bud) Drury, C.P., c.r., O.C., C.B.E., D.S.O., député		 25 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Charles Drury		 25 Mar 2024
FR Wikipédia
Charles Mills Drury		 25 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
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