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♂ T. Gordon Towers
aliasT. Gordon Towers
Record
61635 · 283

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 71%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 5 2 7
Birth 5 July 1919 → 104 years + 9 months ago
Lived 79 years + 11 months
First mandate 30 October 1972 → 51 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 53 years + 3 months
Death 8 June 1999 → 24 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 10 years + 6 months after 20 November 1988
Special notes
None
 
T. Gordon Towers (1919–1999)
© Photo 1984 House of Commons (Canada) — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Election or appointment outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate ✗
Legis. Council ✗
Governor Alberta (1991–1996)
Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve ✗
Mun./Co. Council ✗
School Board ✗
Blank/Vide ✗

Length of service in elected office within the scope of PoliCan

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 16 0 17

Electoral history

Races 7  
Path points 8  
3 documented challengers
⊖ James Keegstra  m  (3 runoffs)
⊕ John E. Younie  m 
 		 ⊖ Robert N. Thompson  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 27,115 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
26		 Alberta
8 April 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 24775(F) — 11 Sep 2021 13:07 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
43
PC
 2/4 11,149 41.12% -1,033 Winner:
SC
 12,182 44.93% Robert N. Thompson
Eligible: inc. Votes: 26,264 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
27		 Alberta
8 November 1965
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 25044(F) — 28 Jun 2023 12:36 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
46
PC
 2/4 10,448 39.78% -1,935 Winner:
SC
 12,383 47.15% Robert N. Thompson
Eligible: 45,311 Votes: 34,188 Participation: 75.45% Candidacies: 4
Federal
29		 Alberta
30 October 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 10143(F) — 6 Sep 2021 21:55 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
53
PC
 1/4 20,943 61.26% +15,181 Loser:
LIB
 5,762 16.85% Dennis Moffat

Service: 1 year 8 months 7 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 45,311 Votes: 33,357 Participation: 73.62% Candidacies: 4
Federal
30		 Alberta
8 July 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10407(F) — 6 Sep 2021 21:55 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
55
PC
 1/4 22,251 66.71% +16,606 Loser:
LIB
 5,645 16.92% Dennis Moffat

Service: 4 years 10 months 13 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 66,877 Votes: 44,394 Participation: 66.38% Candidacies: 4
Federal
31		 Alberta
22 May 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 4336(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
59
PC
 1/4 33,226 74.84% +26,888 Loser:
LIB
 6,338 14.28% Dennis Moffat

Service: 8 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 66,877 Votes: 42,590 Participation: 63.68% Candidacies: 4
Federal
32		 Alberta
18 February 1980
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4054(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
60
PC
 1/4 31,758 74.75% +25,578 Loser:
LIB
 6,180 14.55% Dennis Moffat

Service: 4 years 6 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 78,283 Votes: 55,387 Participation: 70.75% Candidacies: 5
Federal
33		 Alberta
4 September 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3762(F) — 6 Sep 2021 21:55 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
65
PC
 1/5 41,695 75.43% +36,494 Loser:
NDP
 5,201 9.41% Clarence Lacombe

Service: 4 years 2 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 45,415 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 6
Federal
34		 Alberta
21 November 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3467(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
69		 Successor:
PC
 24,187 53.26% Douglas Fee

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Canadian Encyclopedia
Thomas Gordon Towers		 03 Mar 2024
FR Encyclopédie canadienne
Towers, Thomas Gordon		 03 Mar 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Thomas Gordon Towers, M.P.		 03 Mar 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Thomas Gordon Towers, député		 03 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Gordon Towers		 03 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  3 Mar 2024 12:11 (but data presented dynamically)

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