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♂ Elwood Lorrie Cowley
aliasElwood Lorrie Cowley
Record
13155 · 3356

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Saskatchewan 3 1 4
Birth 2 August 1944
Age 79 years + 9 months
First mandate 23 June 1971 → 52 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 26 years + 10 months
 
Mandate ended 42 years + 8 days ago (25 April 1982)
Special notes
None
 
Elwood Lorrie Cowley (1944– )
© Photo Saskatchewan Archives via The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan, University of Regina — 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
Saskatchewan 10 10 0 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
1 documented challenger
⊕ Harry D. Baker  m 
 
 
Eligible: 7,578 Votes: 5,809 Participation: 76.66% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
17		 Saskatchewan
23 June 1971
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NPD  Majority
ID: 13252(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
26
NPD
 1/2 3,599 61.96% +1,389 Loser:
LIB
 2,210 38.04% Jim Hill

Service: 3 years 11 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 8,471 Votes: 6,656 Participation: 78.57% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
18		 Saskatchewan
11 June 1975
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NPD  Majority
ID: 9074(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
30
NPD
 1/3 3,223 48.47% +1,317 Loser:
PC
 1,906 28.67% Ralph Young

Service: 3 years 4 months 6 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 11,339 Votes: 8,659 Participation: 76.36% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
19		 Saskatchewan
18 October 1978
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NPD  Majority
ID: 9123(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
34
NPD
 1/3 4,787 55.60% +1,517 Loser:
PC
 3,270 37.98% Roy Norris

Service: 3 years 6 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 9,625 Votes: 7,982 Participation: 82.93% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
20		 Saskatchewan
26 April 1982
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 10660(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
37
NDP
 2/4 3,070 38.50% -1,367 Winner:
PC
 4,437 55.64% Harry D. Baker

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan, University of Regina
Cowley, Elwood Lorrie (1944- )		 23 Mar 2024
EN Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, SELD: Members of the Legislative Assembly
Cowley, Elwood Lorrie 1944 –  (p. 7)		 23 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Elwood Cowley		 23 Mar 2024

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