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♂ Melvin Percy Joseph Cardinal
aliasMike Cardinal
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
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Alberta 5 0 5
Birth 17 July 1941 → 82 years + 9 months ago
Lived 81 years + 5 months
First mandate 20 March 1989 → 35 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age 47 years + 8 months
Death 12 January 2023 → 1 year + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 14 years + 11 months after 2 February 2008
Special notes
None
 
Melvin Percy Joseph (Mike) Cardinal (1941–2023)
© Photo Legislative Assembly, Alberta — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
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Elections or appointments outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate ✗
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Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve ✗
Mun./Co. Council Slave Lake, Alberta
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Length of service in elected office within the scope of PoliCan

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Alberta 18 10 10 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
2 documented challengers
⊕ Colin L. Piquette  m 
 		 ⊕ Léo R. Piquette  m 
 
Eligible: 13,933 Votes: 9,400 Participation: 67.47% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
22		 Alberta
20 March 1989
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12625(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
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 → New to this legislature
Age
47
PC
 1/3 4,237 45.22% +895 Loser:
NDP
 3,342 35.67% Léo R. Piquette

Service: 4 years 2 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 11,165 Votes: 6,939 Participation: 62.15% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
23		 Alberta
15 June 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12543(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
PC
 1/3 4,144 59.99% +2,223 Loser:
LIB
 1,921 27.81% Simon Waquan

Service: 3 years 8 months 23 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 12,009 Votes: 5,763 Participation: 47.99% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
24		 Alberta
11 March 1997
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 10992(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
55
PC
 1/5 3,380 59.00% +1,899 Loser:
LIB
 1,481 25.85% Tony Mercredi

Service: 4 years (Gov't)
Eligible: 12,622 Votes: 6,361 Participation: 50.40% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
25		 Alberta
12 March 2001
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 8634(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
59
PC
 1/5 4,238 66.69% +2,974 Loser:
LIB
 1,264 19.89% Al Wurfel

Service: 3 years 8 months 9 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 24,074 Votes: 12,023 Participation: 49.94% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
26		 Alberta
22 November 2004
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 8718(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
63
PC
 1/6 5,707 47.68% +2,454 Loser:
LIB
 3,253 27.18% Nicole Belland

Service: 3 years 2 months 11 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 25,963 Votes: 11,038 Participation: 42.51% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
27		 Alberta
3 March 2008
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 8801(F) — 18 Aug 2023 18:51 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
66		 Successor:
PC
 7,484 67.99% Jeffrey D. Johnson

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Melvin P. J. 'Mike' Cardinal		 13 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Mike Cardinal		 13 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 13 Apr 2024 22:06 (but data presented dynamically)

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