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♂ Verlyn D. Olson
aliasVerlyn D. Olson
Record
47198 · 2941

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
Alberta 2 1 3
Total 2 2 4
Birth 4 February 1954
Age 70 years + 2 months
First mandate 3 March 2008 → 16 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age 54 years
 
Mandate ended 8 years + 11 months ago (4 May 2015)
Special notes
None
 
Verlyn D. Olson (1954– )
© Photo L_A — 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
Alberta 7 1 29 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
3 documented challengers
⊕ Bruce Hinkley  m  (2 runoffs)
⊕ Kevin A. Sorenson  m 
 		 ⊕ F.J. Jack Ramsay  m 
 
Eligible: 72,488 Votes: 47,974 Participation: 66.18% Candidacies: 6
Federal
37		 Alberta
27 November 2000
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2546(F) — 30 Jun 2023 20:04 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
46
PC
 2/6 6,778 14.16% -26,989 Winner:
CA
 33,767 70.56% Kevin A. Sorenson
Eligible: 29,571 Votes: 11,782 Participation: 39.84% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
27		 Alberta
3 March 2008
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 8881(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
54
PC
 1/5 7,726 65.89% +6,080 Loser:
LIB
 1,646 14.04% Keith Elliott

Service: 4 years 1 month 19 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 28,173 Votes: 14,440 Participation: 51.25% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
28		 Alberta
23 April 2012
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 8932(F) — 15 Apr 2022 17:00 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
58
PC
 1/5 7,486 52.25% +2,924 Loser:
WRA
 4,562 31.84% Trevor Miller

Service: 3 years 11 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 31,527 Votes: 17,243 Participation: 54.69% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
29		 Alberta
5 May 2015
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 9056(F) — 15 Apr 2022 17:00 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
61
PC
 2/3 5,951 34.67% -1,580 Winner:
NDP
 7,531 43.87% Bruce Hinkley

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
The Honourable Verlyn Olson, ECA, KC		 04 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Verlyn Olson		 04 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  4 Feb 2024 09:47 (but data presented dynamically)

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