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♂ Richard Lee Collver
aliasDick Collver
Record
11999 · 3350

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Saskatchewan 2 0 2
Birth 13 February 1936 → 88 years + 2 months ago
Lived 78 years + 5 months
First mandate 11 June 1975 → 48 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 39 years + 3 months
Death 7 August 2014 → 9 years + 8 months ago
Exit → Death 32 years + 3 months after 25 April 1982
Special notes
None
 
Richard Lee (Dick) Collver (1936–2014)
© Photo 1978 Saskatchewan Archives via The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan, University of Regina — Public domain
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
Saskatchewan 6 10 13 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. SK 17–19
PC
 1 Party leader 37–43 18 Mar 1973 — 08 Nov 1979 6 7 21
2. SK 18–19
PC
 1 Opposition Leader 41–43 16 Nov 1977 — 03 May 1979 1 5 17
3. SK 19
UNI
 1 Party leader 44–45 15 Mar 1980 — 15 Jan 1982 1 10 0

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
1 documented challenger
⊕ John K. Comer  m 
 
 
Eligible: 8,472 Votes: 7,459 Participation: 88.04% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
18		 Saskatchewan
11 June 1975
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NPD  Majority
ID: 9069(F) — 12 Oct 2021 22:47 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature (Party leader)
Age
39
PC
 1/3 3,381 45.52% +782 Loser:
NPD
 2,599 34.99% John K. Comer

Service: 3 years 4 months 6 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 9,049 Votes: 7,586 Participation: 83.83% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
19		 Saskatchewan
18 October 1978
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NPD  Majority
ID: 9143(F) — 28 Oct 2023 09:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
42
PC
 1/3 3,733 49.36% +471 Loser:
NPD
 3,262 43.13% Irvin G. Perkins
After his election:
15 Mar 1980 44
PC
 →
UNI
 Changed allegiance (remained in opposition)
Service: 3 years 6 months 7 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 9,287 Votes: 7,980 Participation: 85.93% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
20		 Saskatchewan
26 April 1982
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 10680(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
46		 Successor:
PC
 4,267 53.54% Lloyd D. Sauder

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan, University of Regina
Collver, Richard Lee (1936- )		 21 Apr 2024
EN Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, SELD: Members of the Legislative Assembly
Collver, Richard Lee 1936 – 2014 (p. 7)		 21 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Dick Collver		 21 Apr 2024

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