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♂ David C. Dorward
aliasDavid C. Dorward
Record
16644 · 2882

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 25%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Alberta 1 3 4
Birth 22 January 1952
Age 72 years + 3 months
First mandate 23 April 2012 → 12 years + 6 days ago
↳ at age 60 years + 3 months
 
Mandate ended 8 years + 11 months ago (4 May 2015)
Special notes
None
 
David C. Dorward (1952– )
© Photo 2018 Fred Katz / David Dorward — licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
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
Alberta 3 0 10 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
4 documented challengers
⊕ Hugh F. MacDonald  m 
⊕ David J. Parker  m 
 		 ⊖ Sherry McKibben  f 
⊕ Marlin Schmidt  m  (3 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 32,730 Votes: 14,070 Participation: 42.99% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
27		 Alberta
3 March 2008
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 8841(F) — 31 Aug 2023 22:00 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
56
PC
 2/4 5,261 37.61% -1,018 Winner:
LIB
 6,279 44.89% Hugh F. MacDonald
Eligible: 32,868 Votes: 20,490 Participation: 62.34% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
28		 Alberta
23 April 2012
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 8898(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
60
PC
 1/6 6,701 32.97% +865 Loser:
NDP
 5,836 28.71% Marlin Schmidt

Service: 3 years 11 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 36,688 Votes: 22,394 Participation: 61.04% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
29		 Alberta
5 May 2015
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 9015(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
63
PC
 2/5 4,147 18.61% -11,202 Winner:
NDP
 15,349 68.89% Marlin Schmidt
Eligible: 37,328 Votes: 24,589 Participation: 65.87% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
30		 Alberta
16 April 2019
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UCP  Majority
ID: 26695(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
67
UCP
 2/6 7,174 29.30% -7,388 Winner:
NDP
 14,562 59.48% Marlin Schmidt

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
The Honourable David Dorward, ECA		 22 Jan 2024
EN Wikipedia
David Dorward		 22 Jan 2024

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