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♂ Lorne Lee Leavitt
aliasLorne Leavitt
Record
34874 · 3128

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 60%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
Alberta 3 1 4
Total 3 2 5
Birth 6 December 1906 → 117 years + 4 months ago
Lived 77 years + 1 month
First mandate 5 August 1952 → 71 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 45 years + 7 months
Death 13 January 1984 → 40 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 12 years + 4 months after 29 August 1971
Special notes
None
 
Lorne Lee Leavitt (1906–1984)
© Photo Legislative Assembly, Alberta — 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
Alberta 11 1 2 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
5 documented challengers
⊖ Roy A. Farran  m 
⊖ Douglas S. Harkness  m 
⊖ Arthur H. Wray  m 
 		 ⊖ Francis L. Gainer  m 
⊖ Eric W.C. Musgreave  m 
 
Eligible: 6,430 Votes: 3,654 Participation: 56.83% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
12		 Alberta
5 August 1952
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 28003(F) — 7 Mar 2022 10:34 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
45
SC
 1/3 1,845 54.73% +810 Loser:
LIB
 1,035 30.70% C.C. Mathews

Service: 2 years 10 months 23 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,452 Votes: 4,561 Participation: 70.69% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
13		 Alberta
29 June 1955
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 28055(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
48
SC
 2/2 1,926 45.13% -416 Winner:
COA
 2,342 54.87% Francis L. Gainer
Eligible: 56,884 Votes: 42,987 Participation: 75.57% Candidacies: 4
Federal
24		 Alberta
31 March 1958
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 24224(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
51
SC
 2/4 5,484 12.76% -25,446 Winner:
PC
 30,930 71.95% Douglas S. Harkness
Eligible: 16,569 Votes: 9,054 Participation: 54.64% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
15		 Alberta
17 June 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 28186(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
56
SC
 1/6 4,363 48.34% +2,766 Loser:
PC
 1,597 17.70% Duncan L. McKillop

Service: 3 years 11 months 5 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 17,843 Votes: 11,733 Participation: 65.76% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
16		 Alberta
23 May 1967
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 13117(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
60
SC
 1/4 4,943 42.30% +1,123 Loser:
PC
 3,820 32.69% Eric W.C. Musgreave

Service: 4 years 3 months 6 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 17,756 Votes: 12,903 Participation: 72.67% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
17		 Alberta
30 August 1971
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 13045(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
64		 Successor:
PC
 6,134 47.75% Calvin E. Lee

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
Lorne Lee Leavitt		 30 Apr 2024
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Lorne L. Leavitt		 30 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Lee Leavitt		 30 Apr 2024

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