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♂ Gerard J.T. van Amerongen
aliasGerard J.T. van Amerongen
Record
784 · 3201

Dutch-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 44%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Alberta 4 5 9
Birth 18 July 1914 → 109 years + 9 months ago
Lived 98 years + 9 months
First mandate 30 August 1971 → 52 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 57 years + 1 month
Death 21 April 2013 → 11 years ago
Exit → Death 26 years + 11 months after 7 May 1986
Special notes
None
 
Gerard J.T. van Amerongen (1914–2013)
© 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 14 8 4 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. AB 17–20
PC
 1 Speaker 57–71 02 Mar 1972 — 11 Jun 1986 14 3 9

Electoral history

Races 9  
Path points 9  
15 documented challengers
⊖ Albert V. Bourcier  m 
⊖ Edgar H. Gerhart  m 
⊖ Ambrose A. Holowach  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Floyd A. Johnson  m 
⊖ Abe W. Miller  m 
⊖ J. Percy Page  m 
⊖ Elmer E. Roper  m 
⊖ Harold E. Tanner  m 
 		 ⊖ Ivor G. Dent  m 
⊖ Anthony Hlynka  m 
⊖ John W. Horan  m 
⊖ Ernest C. Manning  m 
⊕ D. Grant Mitchell  m 
⊖ J. Harper Prowse  m 
⊖ J. Donovan Ross  m 
 
Eligible: 127,069 Votes: 82,792 Participation: 65.16% Candidacies: 30
Provincial
13		 Alberta
29 June 1955
General
Single trans. vote (7)
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 28066(F) — 17 Oct 2021 20:24 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
40
CONS
 17/30 692 0.90% -628 Winner:
SC
 1,320 1.72% Edgar H. Gerhart
Eligible: 15,357 Votes: 8,408 Participation: 54.75% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
14		 Alberta
18 June 1959
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 28119(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
44
PC
 2/4 2,185 26.11% -1,727 Winner:
SC
 3,912 46.74% Ambrose A. Holowach
Eligible: 15,211 Votes: 7,103 Participation: 46.70% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
15		 Alberta
17 June 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 28196(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
48
PC
 2/4 1,492 21.07% -1,886 Winner:
SC
 3,378 47.70% Ambrose A. Holowach
Eligible: 19,537 Votes: 11,574 Participation: 59.24% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
16		 Alberta
23 May 1967
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 13139(F) — 7 Mar 2022 21:23 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
52
PC
 2/5 3,000 26.22% -1,206 Winner:
SC
 4,206 36.76% John W. Horan
Eligible: 15,944 Votes: 11,273 Participation: 70.70% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
17		 Alberta
30 August 1971
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 13066(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
57
PC
 1/3 6,371 56.66% +2,532 Loser:
SC
 3,839 34.14% Alexander Romaniuk

Service: 3 years 6 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 19,714 Votes: 9,925 Participation: 50.34% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
18		 Alberta
26 March 1975
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12992(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
60
PC
 1/4 6,715 67.75% +5,309 Loser:
NDP
 1,406 14.18% Harvey Tilden

Service: 3 years 11 months 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 23,118 Votes: 11,798 Participation: 51.03% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
19		 Alberta
14 March 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12913(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
64
PC
 1/5 7,075 60.15% +4,977 Loser:
NDP
 2,098 17.84% Jim Bell

Service: 3 years 7 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 29,252 Votes: 18,508 Participation: 63.27% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
20		 Alberta
2 November 1982
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12833(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
68
PC
 1/6 10,817 58.59% +6,227 Loser:
NDP
 4,590 24.86% Robert Henderson

Service: 3 years 6 months 5 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 23,485 Votes: 11,550 Participation: 49.18% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
21		 Alberta
8 May 1986
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12750(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
71
PC
 2/5 4,222 36.60% -691 Winner:
LIB
 4,913 42.59% D. Grant Mitchell

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Gerard J. Amerongen QC		 03 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Gerard Amerongen		 03 Feb 2024

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