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♂ Charles Duncan Drain
aliasCharles Drain
Record
16957 · 3157

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Alberta 2 1 3
Birth 24 January 1913 → 111 years + 3 months ago
Lived 78 years
First mandate 23 May 1967 → 56 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 54 years + 3 months
Death 27 January 1991 → 33 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 15 years + 10 months after 25 March 1975
Special notes
None
 
Charles Duncan Drain (1913-1991)
© 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 7 10 1 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
2 documented challengers
⊕ Frederick D. Bradley  m 
 		 ⊖ Garth A. Turcott  m 
 
Eligible: 6,574 Votes: 5,122 Participation: 77.91% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
16		 Alberta
23 May 1967
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 13163(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
54
SC
 1/4 2,345 46.03% +573 Loser:
NDP
 1,772 34.79% Garth A. Turcott

Service: 4 years 3 months 6 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 7,284 Votes: 5,556 Participation: 76.28% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
17		 Alberta
30 August 1971
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 13088(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
58
SC
 1/3 2,379 43.06% +588 Loser:
PC
 1,791 32.42% Morgan Johnson

Service: 3 years 6 months 25 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 7,488 Votes: 5,365 Participation: 71.65% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
18		 Alberta
26 March 1975
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 13014(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
62
SC
 2/4 1,837 34.47% -1,372 Winner:
PC
 3,209 60.21% Frederick D. Bradley

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Charles D. Drain		 03 May 2024
EN Wikipedia
Charles Drain (politician)		 03 May 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
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