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♂ Erik H. Nielsen
aliasErik H. Nielsen
Record
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Danish-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 92%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 11 1 12
Birth 24 February 1924 → 100 years + 2 months ago
Lived 84 years + 6 months
First mandate 16 December 1957 → 66 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 33 years + 9 months
Death 4 September 2008 → 15 years + 8 months ago
Exit → Death 21 years + 7 months after 16 January 1987
Special notes
None
 
Erik H. Nielsen (1924–2008)
© Photo 1984 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 29 0 20

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 31
PC
 1 Minister 55–56 04 Jun 1979 — 02 Mar 1980 0 8 27
2. CA 32
PC
 1 ✓ Opposition Leader 58–59 02 Feb 1983 — 28 Aug 1983 0 6 26
3. CA 32
PC
 1 ✓ Party leader 58–59 19 Feb 1983 — 10 Jun 1983 0 3 22
4. CA 33
PC
 1 Minister 60–62 17 Sep 1984 — 29 Jun 1986 1 9 12
5. CA 33
PC
 1 Minister 61–62 27 Feb 1985 — 29 Jun 1986 1 4 2
6. CA 33
PC
 1 ✓ Minister 61 24 Sep 1985 — 19 Nov 1985 0 1 26
 1. Public Works
 4. Deputy Prime Minister [Privy Council]
 5. National Defence
 6. Fisheries and Oceans [Int]

Electoral history

Races 12  
Path points 13  
6 documented challengers
⊖ Donald W. Branigan  m 
⊕ Antony D.J. Penikett  m 
⊕ Ronald S. Veale  m 
 		 ⊕ Ione J. Christensen  f 
⊖ James A. Simmons  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ John V. Watt  m 
 
Eligible: 5,514 Votes: 4,892 Participation: 88.72% Candidacies: 2
Federal
23		 Yukon
10 June 1957
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24216(F) — 27 Jan 2022 18:34 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
33
PC
 2/2 2,358 49.33% -64 Winner:
LIB
 2,422 50.67% James A. Simmons
Eligible: 5,514 Votes: 4,602 Participation: 83.46% Candidacies: 2
Federal
23		 Yukon
16 December 1957
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24219(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
33
PC
 1/2 2,365 51.39% +128 Loser:
LIB
 2,237 48.61% James A. Simmons

Service: 3 months 14 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,514 Votes: 5,409 Participation: 98.10% Candidacies: 3
Federal
24		 Yukon
31 March 1958
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 24482(F) — 9 Oct 2023 00:38 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
34
PC
 1/3 2,947 54.48% +607 Loser:
LIB
 2,340 43.26% James A. Simmons

Service: 4 years 2 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 5,914 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
25		 Yukon
18 June 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24759(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
38
PC
 1/2 3,250 54.95% +586 Loser:
LIB
 2,664 45.05% Victor Wylie

Service: 9 months 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 5,984 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
26		 Yukon
8 April 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 25023(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
39
PC
 1/3 2,969 49.62% +514 Loser:
LIB
 2,455 41.03% Victor Wylie

Service: 2 years 6 months 30 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 5,682 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
27		 Yukon
8 November 1965
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 25292(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
41
PC
 1/2 3,136 55.19% +590 Loser:
LIB
 2,546 44.81% Ray McKamey

Service: 2 years 7 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 6,483 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
28		 Yukon
25 June 1968
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 9874(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
44
PC
 1/3 3,110 47.97% +62 Loser:
LIB
 3,048 47.02% Chris Findlay

Service: 4 years 4 months 4 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 10,857 Votes: 8,168 Participation: 75.23% Candidacies: 4
Federal
29		 Yukon
30 October 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 10391(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
48
PC
 1/4 4,332 53.04% +1,699 Loser:
LIB
 2,633 32.24% Donald W. Branigan

Service: 1 year 8 months 7 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 10,857 Votes: 8,315 Participation: 76.59% Candidacies: 3
Federal
30		 Yukon
8 July 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10655(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
PC
 1/3 3,913 47.06% +1,129 Loser:
LIB
 2,784 33.48% Paul S. White

Service: 4 years 10 months 13 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 14,046 Votes: 11,181 Participation: 79.60% Candidacies: 3
Federal
31		 Yukon
22 May 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 4600(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
55
PC
 1/3 4,538 40.59% +473 Loser:
LIB
 4,065 36.36% Allen R. Lueck

Service: 8 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 14,046 Votes: 9,698 Participation: 69.04% Candidacies: 3
Federal
32		 Yukon
18 February 1980
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4318(F) — 30 Nov 2022 21:41 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
55
PC
 1/3 3,926 40.60% +101 Loser:
LIB
 3,825 39.56% Ione J. Christensen

Service: 4 years 6 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 15,056 Votes: 11,731 Participation: 77.92% Candidacies: 5
Federal
33		 Yukon
4 September 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 4036(F) — 30 Jan 2022 15:11 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
60
PC
 1/5 6,648 56.80% +4,113 Loser:
LIB
 2,535 21.66% Ronald S. Veale
After his election:
16 Jan 1987 62
PC
 →
Vac.
 Amidst controversy
Service: 2 years 4 months 12 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 15,056 Votes: 9,297 Participation: 61.75% Candidacies: 4
Federal
33		 Yukon
20 July 1987
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 10865(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
63		 Successor:
NDP
 3,273 35.20% Audrey M. McLaughlin

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Canadian Encyclopedia
Erik Hersholt Nielsen		 29 Feb 2024
FR Encyclopédie canadienne
Nielsen, Erik Hersholt		 29 Feb 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Erik Nielsen, P.C., D.F.C., Q.C., M.P.		 29 Feb 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Erik Nielsen, C.P., D.F.C., c.r., député		 29 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Erik Nielsen		 29 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
Erik Nielsen		 29 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
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