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♂ Roy A. Farran
aliasRoy A. Farran
Record
19264 · 3189

Irish-Canadian    Roman Catholic   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Alberta 2 1 3
Birth 2 January 1921 → 103 years + 4 months ago
Lived 85 years + 5 months
First mandate 30 August 1971 → 52 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 50 years + 7 months
Death 2 June 2006 → 17 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death 27 years + 2 months after 13 March 1979
Special notes
None
 

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 6 11 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Lorne L. Leavitt  m 
⊖ Robert A. Simpson  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ L. Barry Pashak  m 
 
Eligible: 16,569 Votes: 9,054 Participation: 54.64% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
15		 Alberta
17 June 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 28186(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
42
IND
 3/6 1,469 16.28% -2,894 Winner:
SC
 4,363 48.34% Lorne L. Leavitt
Eligible: 16,080 Votes: 11,427 Participation: 71.06% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
17		 Alberta
30 August 1971
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 13048(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
50
PC
 1/4 4,961 43.81% +61 Loser:
SC
 4,900 43.27% Robert A. Simpson

Service: 3 years 6 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 15,357 Votes: 9,464 Participation: 61.63% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
18		 Alberta
26 March 1975
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12971(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
54
PC
 1/5 6,673 70.96% +5,309 Loser:
SC
 1,364 14.50% Robert A. Simpson

Service: 3 years 11 months 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 19,782 Votes: 9,426 Participation: 47.65% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
19		 Alberta
14 March 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12891(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
58		 Successor:
PC
 5,141 54.88% Stanley A. Kushner

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Roy A. Farran		 06 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
Roy Farran		 06 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  6 Aug 2023 11:36 (but data presented dynamically)

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