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♂ Adolph Sylvester Matsalla
aliasAl Matsalla
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Saskatchewan 4 0 4
Birth 22 March 1926 → 98 years + 1 month ago
Lived 89 years + 1 month
First mandate 11 October 1967 → 56 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 41 years + 6 months
Death 18 May 2015 → 8 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death 33 years + 23 days after 25 April 1982
Special notes
None
 
Adolph (Al) Sylvester Matsalla (1926–2015)
© Photo FindAGrave.com — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Joseph M. Matsalla (c. 1916–1993) Cousin  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Saskatchewan 14 6 10 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Joseph M. Matsalla  m 
 		 ⊖ Kenneth G. Romuld  m 
 
Eligible: 8,032 Votes: 6,556 Participation: 81.62% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
16		 Saskatchewan
11 October 1967
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 13314(F) — 9 Sep 2023 15:31 ET
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 → New to this legislature
Age
41
NCCF
 1/2 3,386 51.65% +216 Loser:
LIB
 3,170 48.35% Kenneth G. Romuld
After his election:
27 Nov 1967 41
NCCF
 →
NPD
 Changed allegiance (remained in opposition)
Service: 3 years 8 months 11 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 8,254 Votes: 6,889 Participation: 83.46% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
17		 Saskatchewan
23 June 1971
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NPD  Majority
ID: 13253(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
NPD
 1/2 4,135 60.02% +1,381 Loser:
LIB
 2,754 39.98% Stan Kyba

Service: 3 years 11 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 9,677 Votes: 8,019 Participation: 82.87% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
18		 Saskatchewan
11 June 1975
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NPD  Majority
ID: 9079(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
49
NPD
 1/3 4,024 50.36% +1,714 Loser:
LIB
 2,310 28.91% Marie Kotelko

Service: 3 years 4 months 6 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 9,721 Votes: 7,693 Participation: 79.14% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
19		 Saskatchewan
18 October 1978
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NPD  Majority
ID: 9124(F) — 28 Aug 2023 11:40 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
NPD
 1/3 4,258 55.77% +1,611 Loser:
PC
 2,647 34.67% Eugene Teslia

Service: 3 years 6 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 9,661 Votes: 8,264 Participation: 85.54% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
20		 Saskatchewan
26 April 1982
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 10661(F) — 28 Oct 2023 09:17 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
56		 Successor:
PC
 4,398 53.44% Lloyd E. Hampton

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
Adolph Sylvester "Al" Matsalla		 14 Apr 2024
EN Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, SELD: Members of the Legislative Assembly
Matsalla, Adolph Sylvester 1926 – 2015 (p. 24)		 14 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Al Matsalla		 14 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 14 Apr 2024 23:26 (but data presented dynamically)

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