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♂ David Thomas King
aliasDavid Thomas King
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 80%
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Alberta 4 1 5
Birth 22 June 1946
Age 77 years + 10 months
First mandate 30 August 1971 → 52 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 25 years + 2 months
 
Mandate ended 37 years + 11 months ago (7 May 1986)
Special notes
None
 
David Thomas King (1946– )
© Photo Legislative Assembly, Alberta — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
An Alberta Progressive Conservative MLA from 1971 to 1986, King moved to British Columbia and has been involved with that province's Green Party since at least 2013.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Alberta 14 8 4 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Pamela T. Barrett  f 
⊕ Naomi Rankin  f  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Ambrose A. Holowach  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 11,695 Votes: 7,223 Participation: 61.76% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
17		 Alberta
30 August 1971
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 13063(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
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 → New to this legislature
Age
25
PC
 1/4 2,848 40.01% +100 Loser:
SC
 2,748 38.61% Ambrose A. Holowach

Service: 3 years 6 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 10,896 Votes: 5,259 Participation: 48.27% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
18		 Alberta
26 March 1975
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12989(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
28
PC
 1/4 3,085 59.51% +1,956 Loser:
NDP
 1,129 21.78% Muriel Stanley-Venne

Service: 3 years 11 months 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 15,968 Votes: 8,251 Participation: 51.67% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
19		 Alberta
14 March 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12910(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
32
PC
 1/6 4,644 56.48% +2,579 Loser:
NDP
 2,065 25.12% Clifford Gladue

Service: 3 years 7 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 16,030 Votes: 9,487 Participation: 59.18% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
20		 Alberta
2 November 1982
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12830(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
36
PC
 1/4 5,157 54.65% +1,664 Loser:
NDP
 3,493 37.01% Marilyn Burnett

Service: 3 years 6 months 5 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 16,290 Votes: 8,277 Participation: 50.81% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
21		 Alberta
8 May 1986
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12747(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
39
PC
 2/6 3,507 42.52% -652 Winner:
NDP
 4,159 50.43% Pamela T. Barrett

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
The Honourable David T. King, ECA		 19 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
David Thomas King		 19 Mar 2024

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