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♂ L. Gordon Kesler
aliasL. Gordon Kesler
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Alberta 1 1 2
Birth c. 1945
Age ± 79 years
First mandate 17 February 1982 → 42 years + 2 months ago
↳ at age ± 37 years
 
Mandate ended 41 years + 5 months ago (1 November 1982)
Special notes
None
 
L. Gordon Kesler (c.1945– )
© Photo Legislative Assembly, Alberta — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
Kesler is the only person to ever be elected to a legislative assembly under the Western Canada Concept banner.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Alberta 0 8 13 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. AB 19
WCC
 1 Party leader 37–39 17 Feb 1982 — 31 Jan 1984 1 11 14

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Harry E. Alger  m 
 		 ⊖ A. Stephen Stiles  m 
 
Eligible: 13,798 Votes: 9,533 Participation: 69.09% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
19		 Alberta
17 February 1982
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 13188(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature (Party leader)
Age
±37
WCC
 1/6 4,015 42.16% +1,346 Loser:
SC
 2,669 28.03% Lloyd Quantz

Service: 8 months 15 days (Oppo.)
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
✗
 Defeated incumbent → (Party leader)
Age
±37
WCC
 2/6 2,006 18.00% -5,805 Winner:
PC
 7,811 70.08% Harry E. Alger

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
L. Gordon Kesler		 04 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Gordon Kesler		 04 Feb 2024

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