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♂ Jack Burnett Murta
aliasJack Murta
Record
45525 · 268

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 6 0 6
Birth 13 May 1943
Age 80 years + 11 months
First mandate 16 November 1970 → 53 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 27 years + 6 months
 
Mandate ended 35 years + 5 months ago (20 November 1988)
Special notes
None
 
Jack Burnett Murta (1943– )
© 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 17 11 30

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 7  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Richard S. Bowles  m 
⊖ Jacob M. (Jake) Froese  m 
 		 ⊕ John M. Bucklaschuk  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 19,587 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Federal
28		 Manitoba
16 November 1970
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10911(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
27
PC
 1/5 11,222 57.29% +6,778 Loser:
LIB
 4,444 22.69% Ken R. Hanssen

Service: 1 year 11 months 13 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 35,145 Votes: 24,292 Participation: 69.12% Candidacies: 4
Federal
29		 Manitoba
30 October 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 10173(F) — 3 Mar 2024 17:40 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
29
PC
 1/4 17,253 71.02% +12,784 Loser:
LIB
 4,469 18.40% Richard S. Bowles

Service: 1 year 8 months 7 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 35,145 Votes: 23,321 Participation: 66.36% Candidacies: 4
Federal
30		 Manitoba
8 July 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10437(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
31
PC
 1/4 16,465 70.60% +12,051 Loser:
LIB
 4,414 18.93% Norm Dashevsky

Service: 4 years 10 months 13 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 42,827 Votes: 30,487 Participation: 71.19% Candidacies: 3
Federal
31		 Manitoba
22 May 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 4371(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
36
PC
 1/3 21,366 70.08% +15,165 Loser:
LIB
 6,201 20.34% Peter Cole

Service: 8 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 42,827 Votes: 28,907 Participation: 67.50% Candidacies: 4
Federal
32		 Manitoba
18 February 1980
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4089(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
36
PC
 1/4 18,057 62.65% +11,041 Loser:
LIB
 7,016 24.34% Peter Cole

Service: 4 years 6 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 44,823 Votes: 31,531 Participation: 70.35% Candidacies: 5
Federal
33		 Manitoba
4 September 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3803(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
41
PC
 1/5 15,557 49.47% +6,581 Loser:
CORW
 8,976 28.55% James S. Fallis

Service: 4 years 2 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 32,420 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 7
Federal
34		 Manitoba
21 November 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3508(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
45		 Successor:
PC
 17,484 53.93% Charles J. Mayer

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Jack Burnett Murta, P.C., M.P.		 20 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Jack Burnett Murta, C.P., député		 20 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Jack Murta		 20 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 20 Apr 2024 12:35 (but data presented dynamically)

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