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♂ Herbert J. Swan
aliasHerbert J. Swan
Record
59767 · 3410

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Saskatchewan 3 0 3
Birth 20 January 1927 → 97 years + 3 months ago
Lived 86 years + 4 months
First mandate 18 October 1978 → 45 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 51 years + 8 months
Death 28 May 2013 → 10 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death 21 years + 7 months after 20 October 1991
Special notes
None
 

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 11 30 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. SK 20
PC
 1 Speaker 55–59 17 Jun 1982 — 19 Sep 1986 4 3 2

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
Documented challenger
None
 
 
Eligible: 8,878 Votes: 7,681 Participation: 86.52% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
19		 Saskatchewan
18 October 1978
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NPD  Majority
ID: 9159(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
51
PC
 1/3 3,587 46.86% +531 Loser:
NPD
 3,056 39.93% Jim Mills

Service: 3 years 6 months 7 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 8,932 Votes: 7,973 Participation: 89.26% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
20		 Saskatchewan
26 April 1982
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 10696(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
55
PC
 1/4 4,802 60.32% +2,475 Loser:
NDP
 2,327 29.23% Jim Mills

Service: 4 years 5 months 23 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 8,596 Votes: 7,327 Participation: 85.24% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
21		 Saskatchewan
20 October 1986
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 10762(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
59
PC
 1/4 4,276 58.44% +1,746 Loser:
NDP
 2,530 34.58% George Tweedie

Service: 5 years (Gov't)
Eligible: 7,727 Votes: 6,844 Participation: 88.57% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
22		 Saskatchewan
21 October 1991
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 13415(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
64		 Successor:
NDP
 2,666 39.03% Bernhard H. Wiens

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, SELD: Members of the Legislative Assembly
Swan, Herbert Junior 1927 – 2013 (p. 36)		 17 Sep 2023
EN Wikipedia
Herbert Swan (Canadian politician)		 17 Sep 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 17 Sep 2023 22:58 (but data presented dynamically)

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