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♂ Neil Erland Byers
aliasNeil Erland Byers
Record
8601 · 3361

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 57%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Saskatchewan 4 3 7
Birth 7 December 1928 → 95 years + 4 months ago
Lived 91 years + 6 months
First mandate 25 June 1969 → 54 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 40 years + 6 months
Death 3 July 2020 → 3 years + 9 months ago
Exit → Death 38 years + 2 months after 25 April 1982
Special notes
None
 
Neil Erland Byers (1928–2020)
© Photo 2020 Regina Leader-Post Obituaries — 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 12 9 27 Z

Electoral history

Races 7  
Path points 7  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Bryan H. Bjarnason  m  (4 runoffs)
⊕ Sherwin H. Petersen  m 
 		 ⊕ Raymond H. Meiklejohn  m 
 
Eligible: 7,849 Votes: 6,627 Participation: 84.43% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
15		 Saskatchewan
22 April 1964
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31901(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
35
NCCF
 2/3 2,398 36.19% -490 Winner:
LIB
 2,888 43.58% Bryan H. Bjarnason
Eligible: 7,416 Votes: 5,531 Participation: 74.58% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
16		 Saskatchewan
11 October 1967
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 13321(F) — 12 Mar 2022 00:55 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
38
NCCF
 2/3 2,432 43.97% -8 Winner:
LIB
 2,440 44.11% Bryan H. Bjarnason
Eligible: 7,596 Votes: 6,283 Participation: 82.71% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
16		 Saskatchewan
25 June 1969
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 13369(F) — 24 Mar 2024 17:07 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
40
NPD
 1/3 3,135 49.90% +532 Loser:
LIB
 2,603 41.43% Bryan H. Bjarnason

Service: 1 year 11 months 28 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 6,817 Votes: 5,730 Participation: 84.05% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
17		 Saskatchewan
23 June 1971
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NPD  Majority
ID: 13260(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
42
NPD
 1/2 2,904 50.68% +78 Loser:
LIB
 2,826 49.32% Bryan H. Bjarnason

Service: 3 years 11 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 10,070 Votes: 8,037 Participation: 79.81% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
18		 Saskatchewan
11 June 1975
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NPD  Majority
ID: 9080(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
46
NPD
 1/3 4,051 50.59% +1,940 Loser:
PC
 2,111 26.36% Don Austring

Service: 3 years 4 months 6 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 10,044 Votes: 8,094 Participation: 80.59% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
19		 Saskatchewan
18 October 1978
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NPD  Majority
ID: 9131(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
49
NPD
 1/3 4,165 51.73% +799 Loser:
PC
 3,366 41.80% Raymond H. Meiklejohn

Service: 3 years 6 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 9,980 Votes: 8,343 Participation: 83.60% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
20		 Saskatchewan
26 April 1982
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 10668(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
53
NDP
 2/3 3,755 45.24% -575 Winner:
PC
 4,330 52.17% Sherwin H. Petersen

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, SELD: Members of the Legislative Assembly
Byers, Neil Erland 1928 –  (p. 5)		 24 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Neil Erland Byers		 24 Mar 2024
FR Wikipédia
Neil Erland Byers		 24 Mar 2024

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