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♂ James Patrick Heron
aliasJim Heron
Record
27214 · 3325

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Alberta 1 1 2
Birth 21 March 1940 → 84 years + 1 month ago
Lived 83 years + 8 months
First mandate 8 May 1986 → 37 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 46 years + 1 month
Death 27 November 2023 → 5 months ago
Exit → Death 34 years + 8 months after 19 March 1989
Special notes
None
 
James (Jim) Patrick Heron (1940–2023)
© 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 2 10 11 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
1 documented challenger
⊕ Stanley Woloshyn  m 
 
 
Eligible: 21,923 Votes: 10,407 Participation: 47.47% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
21		 Alberta
8 May 1986
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12781(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
46
PC
 1/5 4,535 43.63% +1,489 Loser:
NDP
 3,046 29.30% Rick Hardy

Service: 2 years 10 months 11 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 22,866 Votes: 12,600 Participation: 55.10% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
22		 Alberta
20 March 1989
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12699(F) — 26 Oct 2023 08:08 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
48
PC
 2/4 4,604 36.56% -95 Winner:
NDP
 4,699 37.32% Stanley Woloshyn

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
James P. Heron		 14 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Jim Heron		 14 Apr 2024

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