Canada's electoral history from 1867 to today
Base → People → Search & Find → Full profile → Henry A. Ruste

♂ Henry Arild Ruste
aliasHenry Ruste
Record
54455 · 3175

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Alberta 5 0 5
Birth 29 August 1917 → 106 years + 8 months ago
Lived 76 years + 2 months
First mandate 29 June 1955 → 68 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 37 years + 10 months
Death 31 October 1993 → 30 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 18 years + 7 months after 25 March 1975
Special notes
None
 
Henry Arild Ruste (1917–1993)
© 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 19 8 21 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Clifford S. Smallwood  m 
 
 
Eligible: 7,434 Votes: 5,355 Participation: 72.03% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
13		 Alberta
29 June 1955
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 28098(F) — 7 Mar 2022 12:58 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
37
SC
 1/4 2,657 55.04% +1,120 Loser:
LIB
 1,537 31.84% John M. Saville

Service: 3 years 11 months 19 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 7,283 Votes: 4,804 Participation: 65.96% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
14		 Alberta
18 June 1959
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 28151(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
41
SC
 1/4 3,111 64.97% +2,280 Loser:
PC
 831 17.36% Donald Mills

Service: 3 years 11 months 29 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 7,284 Votes: 4,544 Participation: 62.38% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
15		 Alberta
17 June 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 28236(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
SC
 1/3 3,465 76.66% +2,797 Loser:
LIB
 668 14.78% John M. Saville

Service: 3 years 11 months 5 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 7,307 Votes: 4,634 Participation: 63.42% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
16		 Alberta
23 May 1967
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 13179(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
49
SC
 1/2 3,807 82.83% +3,018 Loser:
NDP
 789 17.17% Glenn Valleau

Service: 4 years 3 months 6 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 7,272 Votes: 5,252 Participation: 72.22% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
17		 Alberta
30 August 1971
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 13104(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
54
SC
 1/3 3,311 63.38% +1,945 Loser:
PC
 1,366 26.15% Clifford S. Smallwood

Service: 3 years 6 months 25 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 7,291 Votes: 5,159 Participation: 70.76% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
18		 Alberta
26 March 1975
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 13029(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
57		 Successor:
PC
 3,039 59.00% Charles Stewart

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Henry A. Ruste		 17 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Henry Ruste		 17 Apr 2024

© 2019, 2024 :: PoliCan.ca (Maurice Y. Michaud)
Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 17 Apr 2024 21:31 (but data presented dynamically)

© 2019-2024 :: PoliCan.ca
Given that electoral results are by their very nature public information, such data that can be found in PoliCan are considered to be in the public domain. However, unless indicated otherwise, all other elements — the concept of consolidating these data into a single format, the detailed research on each election, legislature and candidate, the organization and searchability of the data, the programming allowing the entry and maintenance of the data, as well as the analyses and explanatory articles found in this website — are the intellectual property of Maurice Y. Michaud.