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♂ Edward Philip Benoit
aliasEdward Benoit
Record
4141 · 3153

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Alberta 3 1 4
Birth 26 November 1918 → 105 years + 5 months ago
Lived 72 years + 1 month
First mandate 17 June 1963 → 60 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 44 years + 6 months
Death 22 January 1991 → 33 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 15 years + 9 months after 25 March 1975
Special notes
None
 
Edward Philip Benoit (1918–1991)
© 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 9 5 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
1 documented challenger
⊖ George K. Wolstenholme  m 
 
 
Eligible: 6,842 Votes: 4,493 Participation: 65.67% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
15		 Alberta
17 June 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 28215(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
44
SC
 1/4 2,361 52.70% +776 Loser:
PC
 1,585 35.38% Samuel Brown

Service: 3 years 11 months 5 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,607 Votes: 4,720 Participation: 71.44% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
16		 Alberta
23 May 1967
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 13158(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
48
SC
 1/4 2,289 48.85% +192 Loser:
PC
 2,097 44.75% Thomas S. Hughes

Service: 4 years 3 months 6 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 7,921 Votes: 6,150 Participation: 77.64% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
17		 Alberta
30 August 1971
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 13075(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
SC
 1/3 2,941 48.06% +152 Loser:
PC
 2,789 45.58% Eldon C. Couey

Service: 3 years 6 months 25 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 9,177 Votes: 6,343 Participation: 69.12% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
18		 Alberta
26 March 1975
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 13001(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
56
SC
 2/4 1,925 30.45% -2,112 Winner:
PC
 4,037 63.87% George K. Wolstenholme

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Edward P. Benoit		 03 May 2024
EN Wikipedia
Edward Benoit		 03 May 2024

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