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♂ Wilbert Colin Thatcher
aliasColin Thatcher
Record
60610 · 3373

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 100%
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Saskatchewan 3 0 3
Birth 25 August 1938
Age 85 years + 8 months
First mandate 11 June 1975 → 48 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 36 years + 9 months
 
Mandate ended 41 years + 3 months ago (17 January 1983)
Special notes
None
 
Wilbert Colin Thatcher (1938– )
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Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ W. Ross Thatcher (1917–1971) Father  
 
Well that's interesting!
Thatcher, the former Saskatchewan Progressive Conservative MLA for Thunder Creek, was convicted in October 1984 of murdering his ex-wife.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Saskatchewan 7 7 5 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
Documented challenger
None
 
 
Eligible: 8,255 Votes: 7,039 Participation: 85.27% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
18		 Saskatchewan
11 June 1975
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NPD  Majority
ID: 9094(F) — 28 Oct 2023 09:12 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
36
LIB
 1/3 2,640 37.59% +292 Loser:
PC
 2,348 33.43% Don Swenson
After his election:
1 May 1977 38
LIB
 →
PC
 Changed allegiance (remained in opposition)
Service: 3 years 4 months 6 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 8,511 Votes: 7,068 Participation: 83.05% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
19		 Saskatchewan
18 October 1978
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NPD  Majority
ID: 9175(F) — 28 Aug 2022 10:07 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
40
PC
 1/3 3,359 47.63% +935 Loser:
NPD
 2,424 34.37% D. Hicks

Service: 3 years 6 months 7 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 8,912 Votes: 7,167 Participation: 80.42% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
20		 Saskatchewan
26 April 1982
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 10712(F) — 28 Aug 2022 10:07 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
PC
 1/4 4,412 61.67% +2,376 Loser:
NDP
 2,036 28.46% Ronald M. Kurz
After his election:
17 Jan 1983 44
PC
 →
Vac.
 Amidst controversy
Service: 8 months 22 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 8,812 Votes: 6,284 Participation: 71.31% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
20		 Saskatchewan
27 March 1985
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 13795(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
46		 Successor:
PC
 2,670 42.49% Richard J. Swenson

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, SELD: Members of the Legislative Assembly
Thatcher, Wilbert Colin 1938 –  (p. 37)		 11 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Colin Thatcher		 11 Apr 2024

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