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♂ Alexander B. Patterson
aliasAlexander B. Patterson
Record
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Irish-Canadian    Nazarene   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 82%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 9 2 11
Birth 22 April 1911 → 113 years ago
Lived 81 years + 11 months
First mandate 10 August 1953 → 70 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 42 years + 3 months
Death 2 April 1993 → 31 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 8 years + 6 months after 3 September 1984
Special notes
None
 

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 22 5 23

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 27
SC
 1 Party leader 55–57 15 Mar 1967 — 01 Jul 1968 1 3 16

Electoral history

Races 11  
Path points 12  
8 documented challengers
⊖ George A. Cruickshank  m 
⊖ William H. Hicks  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ M. Ervin (Jerry) Pringle  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Mark W. Rose  m 
 		 ⊖ William L. Hartley  m 
⊖ Frank S. Krenn  m 
⊖ Erhart Regier  m 
⊖ Cyril M. Shelford  m 
 
Eligible: 35,689 Votes: 23,314 Participation: 65.33% Candidacies: 4
Federal
22		 British Columbia
10 August 1953
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23694(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
42
SC
 1/4 9,618 41.64% +300 Loser:
LIB
 9,318 40.34% George A. Cruickshank

Service: 3 years 9 months 30 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 39,054 Votes: 28,906 Participation: 74.02% Candidacies: 4
Federal
23		 British Columbia
10 June 1957
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 23977(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
46
SC
 1/4 11,091 38.69% +4,180 Loser:
PC
 6,911 24.11% Ernest M. Adair

Service: 9 months 20 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 39,054 Votes: 31,506 Participation: 80.67% Candidacies: 4
Federal
24		 British Columbia
31 March 1958
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 24243(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
46
SC
 2/4 7,414 23.53% -6,476 Winner:
PC
 13,890 44.09% William H. Hicks
Eligible: inc. Votes: 35,785 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
25		 British Columbia
18 June 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24520(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → Returned to Parliament after hiatus
Age
51
SC
 1/4 9,970 27.86% +1,074 Loser:
NDP
 8,896 24.86% William L. Hartley

Service: 9 months 20 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 38,193 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Federal
26		 British Columbia
8 April 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 24784(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
SC
 1/5 11,500 30.11% +1,765 Loser:
NDP
 9,735 25.49% Erhart Regier

Service: 2 years 6 months 30 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 36,055 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Federal
27		 British Columbia
8 November 1965
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 25053(F) — 29 Jan 2022 13:27 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
54
SC
 1/5 12,611 34.98% +2,048 Loser:
NDP
 10,563 29.30% Mark W. Rose

Service: 2 years 7 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 27,892 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
28		 British Columbia
25 June 1968
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 9896(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent → (Party leader)
Age
57
SC
 2/4 8,035 28.81% -1,654 Winner:
LIB
 9,689 34.74% M. Ervin (Jerry) Pringle
Eligible: 49,753 Votes: 35,415 Participation: 71.18% Candidacies: 4
Federal
29		 British Columbia
30 October 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 10153(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → Returned to Parliament after hiatus
Age
61
PC
 1/4 12,302 34.74% +2,005 Loser:
LIB
 10,297 29.08% M. Ervin (Jerry) Pringle

Service: 1 year 8 months 7 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 49,753 Votes: 40,537 Participation: 81.48% Candidacies: 3
Federal
30		 British Columbia
8 July 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10417(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
63
PC
 1/3 18,780 46.33% +3,512 Loser:
LIB
 15,268 37.66% M. Ervin (Jerry) Pringle

Service: 4 years 10 months 13 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 62,527 Votes: 42,692 Participation: 68.28% Candidacies: 4
Federal
31		 British Columbia
22 May 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 4346(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
68
PC
 1/4 24,363 57.07% +15,237 Loser:
NDP
 9,126 21.38% Harry W. Fontaine

Service: 8 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 62,527 Votes: 44,342 Participation: 70.92% Candidacies: 4
Federal
32		 British Columbia
18 February 1980
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4064(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
68
PC
 1/4 21,989 49.71% +11,294 Loser:
NDP
 10,695 24.18% Harry W. Fontaine

Service: 4 years 6 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 72,896 Votes: 53,670 Participation: 73.63% Candidacies: 4
Federal
33		 British Columbia
4 September 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3774(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
73		 Successor:
PC
 32,073 59.92% D. Ross Belsher

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Alexander Bell Patterson, M.P.		 08 Sep 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Alexander Bell Patterson, député		 08 Sep 2023
EN Wikipedia
Alexander Bell Patterson		 08 Sep 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
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