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♂ Walter Grant Notley
aliasGrant Notley
Record
46555 · 3221

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 57%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Alberta 4 3 7
Birth 19 January 1939 → 85 years + 3 months ago
Lived 45 years + 9 months
First mandate 30 August 1971 → 52 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 32 years + 7 months
Death 19 October 1984 → 39 years + 6 months ago
Died in office Yes
Special notes
None
 
Walter Grant Notley (1939–1984)
© Photo Legislative Assembly, Alberta — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
⊕ Rachel A. Notley (1964–) Daughter  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Alberta 13 1 17 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. AB 16–20
NDP
 1 Party leader 29–45 10 Nov 1968 — 19 Oct 1984 15 11 9
2. AB 20
NDP
 1 Opposition Leader 43–45 02 Nov 1982 — 19 Oct 1984 1 11 17

Electoral history

Races 7  
Path points 8  
4 documented challengers
⊖ Robert W. Dowling  m 
⊖ Edgar H. Gerhart  m 
 		 ⊖ Adolph O. Fimrite  m 
⊖ William Tomyn  m 
 
Eligible: 19,695 Votes: 9,504 Participation: 48.26% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
15		 Alberta
17 June 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 28199(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
24
NDP
 4/4 1,391 14.65% -2,978 Winner:
SC
 4,369 46.03% Edgar H. Gerhart
Eligible: 15,082 Votes: 8,022 Participation: 53.19% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
16		 Alberta
23 May 1967
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 13142(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
28
NDP
 2/3 2,433 30.77% -1,017 Winner:
SC
 3,450 43.64% William Tomyn
Eligible: 9,457 Votes: 6,435 Participation: 68.04% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
16		 Alberta
28 October 1969
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 13184(F) — 17 Oct 2021 18:38 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature (Party leader)
Age
30
NDP
 3/4 1,524 23.68% -921 Winner:
PC
 2,445 38.00% Robert W. Dowling
Eligible: 7,705 Votes: 6,240 Participation: 80.99% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
17		 Alberta
30 August 1971
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 13095(F) — 17 Oct 2021 18:39 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature (Party leader)
Age
32
NDP
 1/4 2,400 38.74% +154 Loser:
SC
 2,246 36.26% Adolph O. Fimrite

Service: 3 years 6 months 25 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 7,380 Votes: 5,984 Participation: 81.08% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
18		 Alberta
26 March 1975
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 13020(F) — 17 Oct 2021 18:40 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
36
NDP
 1/2 3,017 50.83% +99 Loser:
PC
 2,918 49.17% Alex Woronuk

Service: 3 years 11 months 15 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 8,458 Votes: 6,766 Participation: 80.00% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
19		 Alberta
14 March 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12941(F) — 17 Oct 2021 18:40 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
40
NDP
 1/4 3,657 54.19% +989 Loser:
PC
 2,668 39.53% Jim Reynolds

Service: 3 years 7 months 18 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 9,476 Votes: 7,834 Participation: 82.67% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
20		 Alberta
2 November 1982
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12856(F) — 8 Mar 2022 08:06 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
43
NDP
 1/3 3,443 44.16% +183 Loser:
PC
 3,260 41.82% Doug Snider
After his election:
19 Oct 1984 45
NDP
 →
Vac.
 Died in office
Service: 1 year 11 months 17 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 9,476 Votes: 6,839 Participation: 72.17% Candidacies: 7
Provincial
20		 Alberta
21 February 1985
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 13189(F) — 4 Sep 2022 11:50 ET
—
 Deceased
Age
45		 Successor:
NDP
 2,509 36.69% James Gurnett

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
W. Grant Notley		 17 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Grant Notley		 17 Apr 2024

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