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♂ Gordon E. Dirks
Record
16254 · 2953

Evangelical   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 50%
  ∑ ✓ ✗
Alberta 2 1 1
Saskatchewan 2 1 1
Total 4 2 2
Birth 22 June 1947
Age 76 years + 5 months
First mandate 26 April 1982 → 41 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 34 years + 10 months
 
Mandate ended 8 years + 7 months ago (4 May 2015)
Special notes
No
 
Family link with other documented individuals
None
 
Gordon Edwin Dirks (1947– )
© Photo Legislative Assembly, Alberta — Fair use
Well that's interesting!
Dirks served two terms as a Progressive Conservative MLA, but one was in Saskatchewan for 4 years and almost 6 months (1982–1986), and the other was in Alberta for 6 months (2014–2015).
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Saskatchewan 4 5 23 Z
Alberta 0 6 6 Z
TOTAL 4 11 30

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
6 documented challengers
⊕ William J.G. Allen  m 
⊕ Larry R. Heather  m 
⊕ Stephanie V. McLean  f 
 		 ⊕ Gregory J. Clark  m  (2 runoffs)
⊕ Robert L. Lyons  m 
⊕ John Roggeveen  m 
 
Eligible: 11,231 Votes: 9,382 Participation: 83.54% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
20		 Saskatchewan
26 April 1982
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 10692(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
34
PC
 1/4 5,271 56.31% +1,598 Loser:
NDP
 3,673 39.24% William J.G. Allen

Service: 4 years 5 months 23 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 12,133 Votes: 10,431 Participation: 85.97% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
21		 Saskatchewan
20 October 1986
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 10758(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
39
PC
 2/3 3,828 36.82% -1,977 Winner:
NDP
 5,805 55.84% Robert L. Lyons
Eligible: 34,163 Votes: 12,717 Participation: 37.22% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
28		 Alberta
27 October 2014
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 10985(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
67
PC
 1/5 4,209 33.22% +803 Loser:
ABP
 3,406 26.88% Gregory J. Clark

Service: 6 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 34,681 Votes: 20,693 Participation: 59.67% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
29		 Alberta
5 May 2015
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 8983(F) — 18 Oct 2021 19:14 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
67
PC
 2/6 6,254 30.31% -2,453 Winner:
ABP
 8,707 42.20% Gregory J. Clark

Online biographical references (4)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
The Honourable Gordon Dirks, ECA		 06 Dec 2023
EN Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, SELD: Members of the Legislative Assembly
Dirks, Gordon Edwin 1947 ndash;  (p. 9)		 06 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
Gordon Dirks		 06 Dec 2023
FR Wikipédia
Gordon Dirks		 06 Dec 2023

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