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♂ George Kenneth Wolstenholme
aliasGeorge Wolstenholme
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Alberta 2 0 2
Birth 7 September 1916 → 107 years + 7 months ago
Lived 79 years + 2 months
First mandate 26 March 1975 → 49 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age 58 years + 6 months
Death 16 November 1995 → 28 years + 5 months ago
Exit → Death 13 years + 15 days after 1 November 1982
Special notes
None
 
George Kenneth Wolstenholme (1916–1995)
© 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 7 6 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Edward P. Benoit  m 
 
 
Eligible: 9,177 Votes: 6,343 Participation: 69.12% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
18		 Alberta
26 March 1975
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 13001(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
58
PC
 1/4 4,037 63.87% +2,112 Loser:
SC
 1,925 30.45% Edward P. Benoit

Service: 3 years 11 months 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 11,680 Votes: 7,691 Participation: 65.85% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
19		 Alberta
14 March 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12922(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
62
PC
 1/4 5,103 66.56% +3,011 Loser:
SC
 2,092 27.29% Don Dixon

Service: 3 years 7 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 14,495 Votes: 11,176 Participation: 77.10% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
20		 Alberta
2 November 1982
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12841(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
66		 Successor:
PC
 7,811 70.08% Harry E. Alger

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
George K. Wolstenholme		 03 May 2024
EN Wikipedia
George Wolstenholme		 03 May 2024

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