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♂ Murad Velshi
aliasMurad Velshi
Record
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South African-Canadian    Islam   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 25%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 1 3 4
Birth 4 April 1935
Age 89 years
First mandate 10 September 1987 → 36 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 52 years + 5 months
 
Mandate ended 33 years + 7 months ago (5 September 1990)
Special notes
Father of Ali Velshi, one of the anchors at MSNBC.
 
Murad Velshi (1935– )
© Photo Legislative Assembly, Ontario — 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
Ontario 2 11 25 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
4 documented challengers
⊕ David J. Johnson  m 
⊕ Dennis R. Timbrell  m 
 		 ⊕ Diane Johnston  f 
⊖ Margery Ward  f  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 52,524 Votes: 27,600 Participation: 52.55% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
32		 Ontario
19 March 1981
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12184(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
45
LIB
 2/3 5,368 19.61% -12,148 Winner:
PC
 17,516 63.99% Dennis R. Timbrell
Eligible: 46,534 Votes: 27,519 Participation: 59.14% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
34		 Ontario
10 September 1987
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 5574(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:22 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
52
LIB
 1/5 11,083 40.70% +2,417 Loser:
PC
 8,666 31.82% David Lindsay

Service: 2 years 11 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 44,998 Votes: 28,904 Participation: 64.23% Candidacies: 7
Provincial
35		 Ontario
6 September 1990
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 5444(F) — 26 Feb 2022 18:56 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
55
LIB
 2/7 8,786 30.85% -954 Winner:
NDP
 9,740 34.20% Margery Ward
Eligible: 41,695 Votes: 17,878 Participation: 42.88% Candidacies: 8
Provincial
35		 Ontario
1 April 1993
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 12015(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:22 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
57
LIB
 2/8 5,583 31.67% -3,560 Winner:
PC
 9,143 51.87% David J. Johnson

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Murad Velshi		 04 Apr 2024
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Murad Velshi		 04 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Murad Velshi		 04 Apr 2024

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