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♂ Frederick C. Colborne
aliasFrederick C. Colborne
Record
11837 · 3124

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 88%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Alberta 7 1 8
Birth 14 November 1916 → 107 years + 5 months ago
Lived 89 years + 5 months
First mandate 20 January 1945 → 79 years + 3 months ago
↳ at age 28 years + 2 months
Death 19 April 2006 → 18 years ago
Exit → Death 34 years + 7 months after 29 August 1971
Special notes
None
 
Frederick C. Colborne (1916-2006)
© Photo Legislative Assembly, Alberta — Public domain
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 Calgary, Alberta (1947–1948)
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 26 7 1 Z

Electoral history

Races 8  
Path points 8  
14 documented challengers
⊖ Frank P. Appleby  m 
⊖ Charles H. Cook  m 
⊖ Aylmer J.E. Liesemer  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Hugh J. MacDonald  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Frederick H. Peacock  m 
⊖ Arthur R. Smith  m 
⊖ Rosamond (Rose) E. Wilkinson  f  (3 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Paul R. Brecken  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Arthur J. Dixon  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Howard B. Macdonald  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ J.W. Grant MacEwan  m 
⊖ Melvin E. Shannon  m 
⊖ Loftus D. Ward  m 
⊖ Arthur H. Wray  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,207 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 7
Provincial
10		 Alberta
20 January 1945
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 27946(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
28
CAF
 1/7 252 20.88% +8 Loser:
CAF
 244 20.22% Joseph R. Burton

Service: 3 years 6 months 27 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 76,939 Votes: 41,460 Participation: 53.89% Candidacies: 22
Provincial
11		 Alberta
17 August 1948
General
Single trans. vote (5)
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 27956(F) — 25 Oct 2023 06:20 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
31
SC
 2/22 3,923 10.03% +344 Loser:
LAB
 3,579 9.15% Peter N.R. Morrison

Service: 3 years 11 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 91,289 Votes: 43,367 Participation: 47.51% Candidacies: 25
Provincial
12		 Alberta
5 August 1952
General
Single trans. vote (6)
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 28007(F) — 28 Jul 2023 19:08 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
35
SC
 3/25 3,974 9.54% +1,047 Loser:
ILAB
 2,927 7.02% D.F. McIntosh

Service: 2 years 10 months 23 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 106,609 Votes: 64,660 Participation: 60.65% Candidacies: 23
Provincial
13		 Alberta
29 June 1955
General
Single trans. vote (6)
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 28059(F) — 28 Jul 2023 19:08 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
38
SC
 3/23 5,470 8.75% +436 Loser:
CONS
 5,034 8.06% Paul R. Brecken

Service: 3 years 11 months 19 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 16,884 Votes: 8,985 Participation: 53.22% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
14		 Alberta
18 June 1959
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 28156(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
42
SC
 1/4 4,824 53.79% +2,182 Loser:
PC
 2,642 29.46% Runo Berglund

Service: 3 years 11 months 29 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 17,567 Votes: 7,179 Participation: 40.87% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
15		 Alberta
17 June 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 28183(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
46
SC
 1/4 4,395 61.63% +2,517 Loser:
LIB
 1,878 26.34% E. Virgil Anderson

Service: 3 years 11 months 5 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 17,554 Votes: 9,570 Participation: 54.52% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
16		 Alberta
23 May 1967
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 13114(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
SC
 1/4 3,873 40.85% +514 Loser:
PC
 3,359 35.43% Charles H. Cook

Service: 4 years 3 months 6 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 14,475 Votes: 10,773 Participation: 74.42% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
17		 Alberta
30 August 1971
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 13039(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
54
SC
 2/3 4,679 43.63% -576 Winner:
PC
 5,255 49.00% Frederick H. Peacock

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Frederick C. Colborne		 13 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Frederick C. Colborne		 13 Mar 2024

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