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♀ Simma Holt
aliasSimma Holt
Record
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☆   Judaism   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 2 3
Birth 27 March 1922 → 102 years + 1 month ago
Lived 92 years + 9 months
First mandate 8 July 1974 → 49 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 52 years + 3 months
Death 23 January 2015 → 9 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 35 years + 8 months after 21 May 1979
Special notes
None
 
Simma Holt (1922–2015)
© Photo 1974 House of Commons (Canada) — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
A Liberal, Holt served one term in Van­cou­ver Kingsway (1974–1979) and was the first Jewish woman elected to the Canadian Parliament. Prior to that, she was a journalist for the Vancouver Sun, where she experienced sexism, including coworkers handing her photos of nude women, and being told by her editor she would be fired if she again snuck into the male-only Terminal Club to cover a story.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 4 10 12

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Thomas J. Boylan  m 
 		 ⊖ Ian G. Waddell  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 46,901 Votes: 32,110 Participation: 68.46% Candidacies: 5
Federal
30		 British Columbia
8 July 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10430(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
52
LIB
 1/5 12,002 37.38% +1,388 Loser:
NDP
 10,614 33.06% Dennis F. Mulroney

Service: 4 years 10 months 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 51,524 Votes: 35,584 Participation: 69.06% Candidacies: 5
Federal
31		 British Columbia
22 May 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 4364(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
57
LIB
 2/5 11,503 32.33% -4,425 Winner:
NDP
 15,928 44.76% Ian G. Waddell
Eligible: 51,524 Votes: 36,289 Participation: 70.43% Candidacies: 6
Federal
32		 British Columbia
18 February 1980
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4082(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to Parliament
Age
57
LIB
 2/6 10,954 30.32% -5,974 Winner:
NDP
 16,928 46.85% Ian G. Waddell

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Simma Holt, C.M.		 01 Mar 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Simma Holt, C.M.		 01 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Simma Holt		 01 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  1 Mar 2024 20:59 (but data presented dynamically)

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