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♂ John Gary Lane
aliasGary Lane
Record
33775 · 3379

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Saskatchewan 5 0 5
Birth 2 May 1942
Age 82 years
First mandate 23 June 1971 → 52 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 29 years + 1 month
 
Mandate ended 32 years + 6 months ago (20 October 1991)
Special notes
None
 
John Gary Lane (1942– )
© Photo 1984 Patrick Pettit / Regina Leader-Post 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 20 3 23 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
3 documented challengers
⊕ Donald W. Cody  m 
⊖ Clifford H. Thurston  m 
 		 ⊕ Suzanne M.A. Murray  f 
 
Eligible: 7,272 Votes: 6,186 Participation: 85.07% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
17		 Saskatchewan
23 June 1971
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NPD  Majority
ID: 13277(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
29
LIB
 1/3 2,875 46.48% +132 Loser:
NPD
 2,743 44.34% Clifford H. Thurston

Service: 3 years 11 months 18 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 11,168 Votes: 9,055 Participation: 81.08% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
18		 Saskatchewan
11 June 1975
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NPD  Majority
ID: 9099(F) — 28 Oct 2023 09:11 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
33
LIB
 1/3 3,796 42.03% +366 Loser:
NPD
 3,430 37.98% Donald W. Cody
After his election:
1 Oct 1976 34
LIB
 →
PC
 Changed allegiance (remained in opposition)
Service: 3 years 4 months 6 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 19,899 Votes: 15,648 Participation: 78.64% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
19		 Saskatchewan
18 October 1978
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NPD  Majority
ID: 9147(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
36
PC
 1/3 7,231 46.31% +387 Loser:
NPD
 6,844 43.83% Greg Willows

Service: 3 years 6 months 7 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 10,188 Votes: 8,596 Participation: 84.37% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
20		 Saskatchewan
26 April 1982
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 10684(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
39
PC
 1/4 5,643 65.77% +3,271 Loser:
NDP
 2,372 27.65% Tom Usherwood

Service: 4 years 5 months 23 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 11,321 Votes: 9,463 Participation: 83.59% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
21		 Saskatchewan
20 October 1986
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 10749(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
44
PC
 1/4 4,490 47.55% +727 Loser:
NDP
 3,763 39.85% Suzanne M.A. Murray

Service: 5 years (Gov't)
Eligible: 11,557 Votes: 10,196 Participation: 88.22% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
22		 Saskatchewan
21 October 1991
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 13402(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
49		 Successor:
NDP
 4,907 48.30% Suzanne M.A. Murray

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan, University of Regina
Lane, John Gary (1942- )		 02 May 2024
EN Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, SELD: Members of the Legislative Assembly
Lane, John Gary 1942 –  (p. 21)		 02 May 2024
EN Wikipedia
Gary Lane (politician)		 02 May 2024

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