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♂ William Ernest Jamison
aliasErnie Jamison
Record
29625 · 3222

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 40%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
Alberta 2 2 4
Total 2 3 5
Birth 27 February 1924 → 100 years + 2 months ago
Lived 79 years + 1 month
First mandate 30 August 1971 → 52 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 47 years + 6 months
Death 11 April 2003 → 21 years ago
Exit → Death 24 years + 29 days after 13 March 1979
Special notes
None
 
William Ernest Jamison (1924–2003)
© 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 5  
Path points 6  
8 documented challengers
⊖ Douglas H. Christie  m 
⊖ Keith Everitt  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Elmer S. Knutson  m 
⊖ Bryan M. Strong  m 
 		 ⊖ Ivor G. Dent  m 
⊕ Myrna C. Fyfe  f  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Robert A. Russell  m 
⊖ Walter Van de Walle  m 
 
Eligible: 15,337 Votes: 10,767 Participation: 70.20% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
17		 Alberta
30 August 1971
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 13096(F) — 11 Sep 2022 08:58 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
47
PC
 1/4 4,623 42.99% +1,031 Loser:
SC
 3,592 33.40% Keith Everitt

Service: 3 years 6 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 22,749 Votes: 11,874 Participation: 52.20% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
18		 Alberta
26 March 1975
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 13021(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
PC
 1/4 6,450 54.54% +4,229 Loser:
SC
 2,221 18.78% Keith Everitt

Service: 3 years 11 months 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 27,602 Votes: 15,953 Participation: 57.80% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
19		 Alberta
14 March 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12942(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
55		 Successor:
PC
 9,361 58.85% Myrna C. Fyfe
Eligible: 34,910 Votes: 23,775 Participation: 68.10% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
20		 Alberta
2 November 1982
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12861(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
58
IND
 3/5 3,406 14.36% -9,576 Winner:
PC
 12,982 54.72% Myrna C. Fyfe
Eligible: 22,429 Votes: 11,252 Participation: 50.17% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
21		 Alberta
8 May 1986
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12778(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
62
RPA
 3/4 1,215 10.81% -3,485 Winner:
NDP
 4,700 41.81% Bryan M. Strong
Eligible: 86,792 Votes: 44,636 Participation: 51.43% Candidacies: 7
Federal
33		 Alberta
29 September 1986
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 10861(F) — 4 Sep 2022 11:50 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
62
IND
 5/7 1,241 2.78% -15,284 Winner:
PC
 16,525 37.02% Walter Van de Walle

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
W. Ernest Jamison		 30 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Ernie Jamison		 30 Apr 2024

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