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♂ Melvyn Reginald Knight
aliasMel Knight
Record
32201 · 3081

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Alberta 3 0 3
Birth 30 July 1944
Age 79 years + 8 months
First mandate 12 March 2001 → 23 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age 56 years + 7 months
 
Mandate ended 12 years + 7 days ago (22 April 2012)
Special notes
None
 
Melvyn Reginald Knight (1944– )
© Photo Legislative Assembly, Alberta — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Election or appointment outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate ✗
Legis. Council ✗
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Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve ✗
Mun./Co. Council Greenview, Alberta
School Board ✗
Blank/Vide ✗

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 11 0 10 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
1 documented challenger
⊕ D. Todd Loewen  m 
 
 
Eligible: 21,068 Votes: 9,245 Participation: 43.88% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
25		 Alberta
12 March 2001
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 8686(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
56
PC
 1/4 6,241 67.54% +4,464 Loser:
LIB
 1,777 19.23% Barry Robinson

Service: 3 years 8 months 9 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 22,083 Votes: 7,768 Participation: 35.18% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
26		 Alberta
22 November 2004
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 8769(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
60
PC
 1/4 4,369 56.43% +2,404 Loser:
LIB
 1,965 25.38% Neil R.M. Peacock

Service: 3 years 2 months 11 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 27,058 Votes: 8,055 Participation: 29.77% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
27		 Alberta
3 March 2008
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 8855(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
63
PC
 1/5 4,769 59.43% +3,680 Loser:
LIB
 1,089 13.57% John A. Croken

Service: 4 years 1 month 19 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 28,126 Votes: 11,953 Participation: 42.50% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
28		 Alberta
23 April 2012
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 8889(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
67		 Successor:
PC
 5,458 45.79% Everett McDonald

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
The Honourable Melvyn R. Knight, ECA		 20 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Mel Knight		 20 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 20 Apr 2024 04:36 (but data presented dynamically)

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