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♂ Raymond Albert Speaker
aliasRay Speaker
Record
58147 · 3150

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 0 1
Alberta 8 0 8
Total 9 0 9
Birth 13 December 1935
Age 88 years + 4 months
First mandate 17 June 1963 → 60 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 27 years + 6 months
 
Mandate ended 26 years + 10 months ago (1 June 1997)
Special notes
None
 
Raymond Albert Speaker (1935– )
© Photo 1994 House of Commons (Canada) — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 3 7 6
Alberta 28 6 10 Z
TOTAL 32 1 16

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. AB 19
SC
 1 Opposition Leader 45–46 16 Dec 1980 — 01 Nov 1982 1 10 16
2. AB 20–21
RPA
 1 Party leader 49–53 07 Jan 1985 — 28 Feb 1989 4 1 21

Electoral history

Races 9  
Path points 11  
Documented challenger
None
 
 
Eligible: 7,582 Votes: 5,286 Participation: 69.72% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
15		 Alberta
17 June 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 28212(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
27
SC
 1/3 3,368 64.01% +2,123 Loser:
PC
 1,245 23.66% Douglas H. Galbraith

Service: 3 years 11 months 5 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 7,413 Votes: 4,933 Participation: 66.55% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
16		 Alberta
23 May 1967
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 13157(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
31
SC
 1/3 3,367 68.48% +2,389 Loser:
IND
 978 19.89% Arthur W. Ulrich

Service: 4 years 3 months 6 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 7,382 Votes: 5,820 Participation: 78.84% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
17		 Alberta
30 August 1971
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 13082(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
35
SC
 1/3 3,400 58.53% +1,286 Loser:
PC
 2,114 36.39% John C. Green

Service: 3 years 6 months 25 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 7,354 Votes: 5,445 Participation: 74.04% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
18		 Alberta
26 March 1975
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 13008(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
39
SC
 1/4 3,132 57.64% +1,113 Loser:
PC
 2,019 37.15% George McMorris

Service: 3 years 11 months 15 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 8,238 Votes: 5,733 Participation: 69.59% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
19		 Alberta
14 March 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12929(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
SC
 1/4 3,748 65.63% +2,064 Loser:
PC
 1,684 29.49% Richard (Dick) Papworth

Service: 3 years 7 months 18 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 8,168 Votes: 6,352 Participation: 77.77% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
20		 Alberta
2 November 1982
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12847(F) — 26 Oct 2023 08:07 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
46
IND
 1/4 3,174 50.09% +1,030 Loser:
PC
 2,144 33.83% Cliff Wright
After his election:
7 Jan 1985 49
IND
 →
RPA
 Changed allegiance (remained in opposition)
Service: 3 years 6 months 5 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 9,604 Votes: 5,966 Participation: 62.12% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
21		 Alberta
8 May 1986
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12764(F) — 17 Oct 2021 16:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
50
RPA
 1/5 3,791 63.65% +1,986 Loser:
PC
 1,805 30.31% Cliff Wright

Service: 2 years 10 months 11 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 9,145 Votes: 4,919 Participation: 53.79% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
22		 Alberta
20 March 1989
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12686(F) — 8 Mar 2022 10:05 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
PC
 1/3 3,907 79.54% +3,328 Loser:
LIB
 579 11.79% Elzien Schopman
After his election:
3 Jan 1992 56
PC
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran federally
Service: 2 years 9 months 14 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 9,158 Votes: 5,603 Participation: 61.18% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
22		 Alberta
5 March 1992
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 28245(F) — 29 Oct 2022 16:51 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
56		 Successor:
PC
 1,966 35.20% Barry G. McFarland
Eligible: 71,132 Votes: 46,744 Participation: 65.71% Candidacies: 6
Federal
35		 Alberta
25 October 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3163(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
57
REF
 1/6 24,530 52.63% +12,660 Loser:
LIB
 11,870 25.47% John W. McGee

Service: 3 years 7 months 7 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 69,023 Votes: 41,185 Participation: 59.67% Candidacies: 6
Federal
36		 Alberta
2 June 1997
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2862(F) — 30 Jun 2023 22:55 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
61		 Successor:
REF
 22,828 55.53% Richard L. Casson

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
The Honourable Raymond A. Speaker, PC, OC, ECA		 24 Apr 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Raymond Albert (Ray) Speaker, P.C., O.C., M.P.		 24 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Raymond Albert (Ray) Speaker, C.P., O.C., député		 24 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Raymond Speaker		 24 Apr 2024

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