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♂ Ralph Andrew Jespersen
aliasRalph Jespersen
Record
29887 · 3167

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Alberta 1 1 2
Birth 9 May 1925 → 98 years + 11 months ago
Lived 91 years + 5 months
First mandate 23 May 1967 → 56 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 42 years
Death 17 October 2016 → 7 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 45 years + 1 month after 29 August 1971
Special notes
None
 
Ralph Andrew Jespersen (1925-2016)
© 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 4 3 6 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
2 documented challengers
⊕ William F. Purdy  m 
 		 ⊖ Cornelia L.R. Wood  f 
 
Eligible: 9,838 Votes: 6,389 Participation: 64.94% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
16		 Alberta
23 May 1967
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 13174(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
42
SC
 1/4 2,316 36.43% +461 Loser:
NDP
 1,855 29.18% Maurice R. McCullagh

Service: 4 years 3 months 6 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 10,098 Votes: 6,950 Participation: 68.83% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
17		 Alberta
30 August 1971
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 13099(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
46
SC
 2/3 2,788 40.37% -560 Winner:
PC
 3,348 48.48% William F. Purdy

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Ralph A. Jespersen		 03 May 2024
EN Wikipedia
Ralph Jespersen		 03 May 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  3 May 2024 22:56 (but data presented dynamically)

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