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♂ Jerome A. Hammersmith
aliasJerome A. Hammersmith
Record
25688 · 3353

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Saskatchewan 2 2 4
Birth 10 October 1938 → 85 years + 6 months ago
Lived 83 years + 2 months
First mandate 18 October 1978 → 45 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 40 years
Death 19 December 2021 → 2 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 38 years + 10 months after 20 January 1983
Special notes
None
 

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 4 3 1 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
2 documented challengers
⊕ Sidney P. Dutchak  m 
 		 ⊕ G. Norman Wipf  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 10,127 Votes: 7,586 Participation: 74.91% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
18		 Saskatchewan
2 March 1977
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NPD  Majority
ID: 13242(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
38
NPD
 2/3 2,773 36.55% -249 Winner:
PC
 3,022 39.84% G. Norman Wipf
Eligible: 10,120 Votes: 7,901 Participation: 78.07% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
19		 Saskatchewan
18 October 1978
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NPD  Majority
ID: 9146(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
40
NPD
 1/3 3,618 46.27% +77 Loser:
PC
 3,541 45.29% G. Norman Wipf

Service: 3 years 6 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 10,406 Votes: 8,384 Participation: 80.57% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
20		 Saskatchewan
26 April 1982
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 10683(F) — 12 Mar 2022 12:40 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
NDP
 1/5 3,500 41.90% +9 Loser:
PC
 3,491 41.79% Philip E. West
After his election:
20 Jan 1983 44
NDP
 →
Vac.
 Election cancelled/Unseated
Service: 8 months 25 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 10,472 Votes: 7,657 Participation: 73.12% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
20		 Saskatchewan
21 February 1983
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 13794(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
44
NDP
 2/2 3,386 44.22% -885 Winner:
PC
 4,271 55.78% Sidney P. Dutchak

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, SELD: Members of the Legislative Assembly
Hammersmith, Jerome 1938 –  (p. 14)		 10 Sep 2023
EN Wikipedia
Jerome Hammersmith		 10 Sep 2023

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