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♂ Roy Burke Ells
aliasRoy Ells
Record
18559 · 3145

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Alberta 3 0 3
Birth 14 May 1914 → 109 years + 11 months ago
Lived 64 years + 9 months
First mandate 18 June 1959 → 64 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 45 years + 1 month
Death 22 February 1979 → 45 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 7 years + 5 months after 29 August 1971
Special notes
None
 
Roy Burke Ells (1914–1979)
© Photo Legislative Assembly, Alberta — Public domain
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 12 2 9 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
Documented challenger
None
 
 
Eligible: 9,020 Votes: 6,537 Participation: 72.47% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
14		 Alberta
18 June 1959
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 28123(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
45
SC
 1/3 3,727 57.23% +2,251 Loser:
LIB
 1,476 22.67% Paul E. Maisonneuve

Service: 3 years 11 months 29 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 9,169 Votes: 6,143 Participation: 67.00% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
15		 Alberta
17 June 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 28204(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
49
SC
 1/3 3,832 62.81% +2,237 Loser:
LIB
 1,595 26.14% Gunnar Walhstrom

Service: 3 years 11 months 5 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 10,323 Votes: 6,591 Participation: 63.85% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
16		 Alberta
23 May 1967
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 13144(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
SC
 1/3 3,363 51.30% +1,156 Loser:
NDP
 2,207 33.67% Stan Daniels

Service: 4 years 3 months 6 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 7,174 Votes: 4,466 Participation: 62.25% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
17		 Alberta
30 August 1971
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 13079(F) — 24 Mar 2022 22:10 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
57		 Successor:
SC
 1,830 41.49% Dennis M. Barton

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Roy B. Ells		 03 May 2024
EN Wikipedia
Roy Ells		 03 May 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  3 May 2024 20:35 (but data presented dynamically)

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