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♂ Eiling Kramer
aliasEiling Kramer
Record
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☆   Dutch-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Saskatchewan 8 0 8
Birth 14 July 1914 → 109 years + 9 months ago
Lived 84 years + 9 months
First mandate 11 June 1952 → 71 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 37 years + 10 months
Death 5 May 1999 → 24 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death 18 years + 7 months after 1 October 1980
Special notes
None
 
Eiling Kramer (1914–1999)
© Photo 1980 Don Healy / Regina Leader-Post via The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan, University of Regina — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
At 28 years and 3 months, Kramer, a social democrat, was the longest serving member of the Saskatchewan legislature.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Saskatchewan 28 3 13 Z

Electoral history

Races 8  
Path points 9  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Hugh J. Maher  m  (2 runoffs)
 
 
Eligible: 9,142 Votes: 7,737 Participation: 84.63% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
12		 Saskatchewan
11 June 1952
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CCF  Majority
ID: 31774(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
37
CCF
 1/2 4,214 54.47% +691 Loser:
LIB
 3,523 45.53% Hugh J. Maher

Service: 4 years 8 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 9,582 Votes: 7,849 Participation: 81.91% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
13		 Saskatchewan
20 June 1956
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CCF  Majority
ID: 31825(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
41
CCF
 1/3 4,251 54.16% +1,587 Loser:
LIB
 2,664 33.94% Alfred Dyck

Service: 3 years 11 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 10,122 Votes: 8,630 Participation: 85.26% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
14		 Saskatchewan
8 June 1960
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CCF  Majority
ID: 31875(F) — 25 Sep 2022 00:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
CCF
 1/4 4,144 48.02% +771 Loser:
LIB
 3,373 39.08% Hugh J. Maher
After his election:
3 Aug 1961 47
CCF
 →
NCCF
 Changed allegiance (remained in government)
Service: 3 years 10 months 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 10,599 Votes: 8,887 Participation: 83.85% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
15		 Saskatchewan
22 April 1964
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31929(F) — 25 Sep 2022 12:15 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
49
NCCF
 1/2 4,645 52.27% +403 Loser:
LIB
 4,242 47.73% Herbert O.M. Sparrow

Service: 3 years 5 months 18 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 9,763 Votes: 7,900 Participation: 80.92% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
16		 Saskatchewan
11 October 1967
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 13361(F) — 9 Sep 2023 16:02 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
NCCF
 1/2 4,200 53.16% +500 Loser:
LIB
 3,700 46.84% Herbert O.M. Sparrow
After his election:
27 Nov 1967 53
NCCF
 →
NPD
 Changed allegiance (remained in opposition)
Service: 3 years 8 months 11 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 10,893 Votes: 9,124 Participation: 83.76% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
17		 Saskatchewan
23 June 1971
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NPD  Majority
ID: 13303(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
56
NPD
 1/2 5,364 58.79% +1,604 Loser:
LIB
 3,760 41.21% Roy Dean

Service: 3 years 11 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 9,413 Votes: 7,642 Participation: 81.19% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
18		 Saskatchewan
11 June 1975
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NPD  Majority
ID: 9063(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
60
NPD
 1/3 3,660 48.50% +986 Loser:
LIB
 2,674 35.44% Peter Tarnowsky

Service: 3 years 4 months 6 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 10,490 Votes: 8,219 Participation: 78.35% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
19		 Saskatchewan
18 October 1978
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NPD  Majority
ID: 9174(F) — 12 Mar 2022 11:36 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
64
NPD
 1/3 4,589 56.02% +2,414 Loser:
PC
 2,175 26.55% Rod McKenzie
After his election:
1 Oct 1980 66
NPD
 →
Vac.
 Left provincial politics
Service: 1 year 11 months 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 10,818 Votes: 7,063 Participation: 65.29% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
19		 Saskatchewan
26 November 1980
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NPD  Majority
ID: 13245(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
66		 Successor:
NPD
 3,432 48.59% David M. Miner

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan, University of Regina
Kramer, Eiling (1914-99)		 24 Mar 2024
EN Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, SELD: Members of the Legislative Assembly
Kramer, Eiling 1914 – 1999 (p. 20)		 24 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Eiling Kramer		 24 Mar 2024

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