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♂ Winston Osler Backus
aliasWinston Backus
Record
2156 · 3206

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Alberta 2 0 2
Birth 12 October 1920 → 103 years + 6 months ago
Lived 99 years + 8 months
First mandate 30 August 1971 → 52 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 50 years + 10 months
Death 15 June 2020 → 3 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 41 years + 3 months after 13 March 1979
Special notes
None
 
Winston Osler Backus (1920–2020)
© 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 7 6 11 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
Documented challenger
None
 
 
Eligible: 14,157 Votes: 10,681 Participation: 75.45% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
17		 Alberta
30 August 1971
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 13073(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
50
PC
 1/3 4,553 42.76% +449 Loser:
SC
 4,104 38.54% William Bowes

Service: 3 years 6 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 16,615 Votes: 10,586 Participation: 63.71% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
18		 Alberta
26 March 1975
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 13000(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
54
PC
 1/4 6,466 61.27% +4,504 Loser:
NDP
 1,962 18.59% Ross Campbell

Service: 3 years 11 months 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 20,718 Votes: 12,595 Participation: 60.79% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
19		 Alberta
14 March 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12921(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
58		 Successor:
PC
 6,313 50.26% Elmer E. Borstad

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Dr. Winston O. Backus		 02 May 2024
EN Wikipedia
Winston Backus		 02 May 2024

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