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♂ Howard Sapers
aliasHoward Sapers
Record
55024 · 3029

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Alberta 2 1 3
Birth 24 November 1957
Age 66 years + 5 months
First mandate 15 June 1993 → 30 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 35 years + 6 months
 
Mandate ended 23 years + 1 month ago (11 March 2001)
Special notes
None
 
Howard Sapers (1957– ) 200x250
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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 8 24 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. AB 24
LIB
 1 ✓ Opposition Leader 40 21 Apr 1998 — 06 Jul 1998 0 2 15

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Drew Hutton  m 
 
 
Eligible: 24,456 Votes: 15,459 Participation: 63.21% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
23		 Alberta
15 June 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12580(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
35
LIB
 1/6 7,745 50.22% +2,595 Loser:
PC
 5,150 33.39% Gwen Harris

Service: 3 years 8 months 23 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 21,183 Votes: 12,073 Participation: 56.99% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
24		 Alberta
11 March 1997
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 11029(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
39
LIB
 1/5 5,785 48.01% +1,417 Loser:
PC
 4,368 36.25% Kim MacKenzie

Service: 4 years (Oppo.)
Eligible: 21,343 Votes: 12,102 Participation: 56.70% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
25		 Alberta
12 March 2001
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 8672(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
43
LIB
 2/3 5,328 44.12% -187 Winner:
PC
 5,515 45.67% Drew Hutton

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Howard Sapers		 24 Nov 2023
EN Wikipedia
Howard Sapers		 24 Nov 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 24 Nov 2023 12:51 (but data presented dynamically)

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