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♂ Otto Emil Lang
aliasOtto Lang
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 75%
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Canada 3 1 4
Birth 14 May 1932
Age 91 years + 11 months
First mandate 25 June 1968 → 55 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 36 years + 1 month
 
Mandate ended 44 years + 11 months ago (21 May 1979)
Special notes
None
 
Otto Emil Lang (1932– )
© Photo 1974 House of Commons (Canada) — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Maria M. (Sally) Merchant (1919–2007) Mother-in-law
 
Well that's interesting!
Lang was a prominent federal Liberal minister from 1968 to 1978. When he was appointed Dean of Law at the University of Saskatchewan in 1961, he was only 29 years old, making him the youngest person to be appointed to that position.
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 10 10 23

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 28
LIB
 1 Minister 36–38 06 Jul 1968 — 23 Sep 1970 2 2 17
2. CA 28–30
LIB
 1 Minister of State/responsible 37–47 15 Oct 1969 — 03 Jun 1979 9 7 19
3. CA 28
LIB
 1 Minister 38–39 24 Sep 1970 — 27 Jan 1972 1 4 3
4. CA 28–30
LIB
 1 Minister 39–43 28 Jan 1972 — 25 Sep 1975 3 7 28
5. CA 30
LIB
 1 Minister 43–47 26 Sep 1975 — 03 Jun 1979 3 8 8
6. CA 30
LIB
 1 ✓ Minister 43 25 Oct 1975 — 04 Dec 1975 0 1 9
7. CA 30
LIB
 2 ✓ Minister 46 03 Aug 1978 — 23 Nov 1978 0 3 20
 1. Without portfolio
 2. Canadian Wheat Board [Agriculture]
 3. Manpower and Immigration
 4. Justice and Attorney General
 5. Transport
 6. Communications [Int]
 7. Justice and Attorney General [Int]

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
4 documented challengers
⊖ Lewis M. Brand  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Eugène Rhéaume  m 
 		 ⊖ Robert J. Ogle  m 
⊖ George J.D. Taylor  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 44,309 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
28		 Saskatchewan
25 June 1968
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10049(F) — 29 Mar 2024 12:51 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
36
LIB
 1/3 15,210 34.33% +555 Loser:
NDP
 14,655 33.07% George J.D. Taylor

Service: 4 years 4 months 4 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 65,202 Votes: 54,346 Participation: 83.35% Candidacies: 6
Federal
29		 Saskatchewan
30 October 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 10388(F) — 29 Mar 2024 12:51 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
40
LIB
 1/6 24,733 45.51% +8,307 Loser:
NDP
 16,426 30.22% George J.D. Taylor

Service: 1 year 8 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 65,202 Votes: 47,209 Participation: 72.40% Candidacies: 4
Federal
30		 Saskatchewan
8 July 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10652(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
42
LIB
 1/4 23,243 49.23% +11,417 Loser:
NDP
 11,826 25.05% Julius Friesen

Service: 4 years 10 months 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 53,040 Votes: 41,302 Participation: 77.87% Candidacies: 5
Federal
31		 Saskatchewan
22 May 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 4595(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
47
LIB
 3/5 12,631 30.58% -2,603 Winner:
NDP
 15,234 36.88% Robert J. Ogle

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan, University of Regina
Lang, Otto Emil (1932- )		 09 Apr 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Otto Emil Lang, P.C., Q.C., O.C., M.P.		 09 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Otto Emil Lang, C.P., c.r., O.C., député		 09 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Otto Lang		 09 Apr 2024

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Rev.:  9 Apr 2024 22:56 (but data presented dynamically)

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