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♂ Benno Friesen
aliasBenno Friesen
Record
21235 · 306

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 5 0 5
Birth 27 June 1929 → 94 years + 10 months ago
Lived 92 years + 3 months
First mandate 8 July 1974 → 49 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 45 years
Death 29 September 2021 → 2 years + 7 months ago
Exit → Death 27 years + 11 months after 24 October 1993
Special notes
None
 
Benno Friesen (1929–2021)
© Photo 1988 House of Commons (Canada) — 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
Canada 19 3 12

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Renaldo A. (Reni) Masi  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊕ Valerie Meredith  f 
 
Eligible: 62,302 Votes: 49,279 Participation: 79.10% Candidacies: 7
Federal
30		 British Columbia
8 July 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10427(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
45
PC
 1/7 21,537 43.70% +8,261 Loser:
LIB
 13,276 26.94% Douglas J. Hovan

Service: 4 years 10 months 13 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 79,342 Votes: 57,103 Participation: 71.97% Candidacies: 5
Federal
31		 British Columbia
22 May 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 4361(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
49
PC
 1/5 30,009 52.55% +12,017 Loser:
NDP
 17,992 31.51% Carol R. Langford

Service: 8 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 79,342 Votes: 57,651 Participation: 72.66% Candidacies: 6
Federal
32		 British Columbia
18 February 1980
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4079(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
PC
 1/6 28,151 48.92% +9,100 Loser:
NDP
 19,051 33.10% Carol R. Langford

Service: 4 years 6 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 95,987 Votes: 73,990 Participation: 77.08% Candidacies: 6
Federal
33		 British Columbia
4 September 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3794(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
55
PC
 1/6 39,544 53.58% +16,989 Loser:
NDP
 22,555 30.56% Michael J. Villeneuve

Service: 4 years 2 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 60,532 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 9
Federal
34		 British Columbia
21 November 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3499(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
59
PC
 1/9 26,320 43.48% +11,595 Loser:
NDP
 14,725 24.33% Charan Gill

Service: 4 years 11 months 3 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 102,164 Votes: 73,325 Participation: 71.77% Candidacies: 12
Federal
35		 British Columbia
25 October 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3195(F) — 6 Sep 2021 17:11 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
64		 Successor:
REF
 32,198 44.11% Valerie Meredith

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Benno Friesen		 30 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Benno Friesen		 30 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Benno Friesen		 30 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
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