Canada's electoral history from 1867 to today
Base → People → Search & Find → Full profile → Frederick A. Dewhurst

♂ Frederick A. Dewhurst
aliasFrederick A. Dewhurst
Record
15883 · 3453

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Saskatchewan 8 0 8
Birth 17 March 1911 → 113 years + 1 month ago
Lived 74 years + 4 months
First mandate 21 November 1945 → 78 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 34 years + 8 months
Death 30 July 1985 → 38 years + 9 months ago
Exit → Death 10 years + 1 month after 10 June 1975
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 29 6 11 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. SK 14
NCCF
 1 Speaker 50–53 22 Feb 1962 — 18 Mar 1964 2 0 25
2. SK 17
NPD
 2 Speaker 60–64 28 Jul 1971 — 13 May 1975 3 9 15

Electoral history

Races 8  
Path points 9  
1 documented challenger
⊖ William C. Beeching  m 
 
 
Eligible: 8,411 Votes: 3,058 Participation: 36.36% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
10		 Saskatchewan
21 November 1945
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CCF  Majority
ID: 31729(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
34
CCF
 1/2 2,474 80.90% +1,890 Loser:
LPP
 584 19.10% William C. Beeching

Service: 2 years 7 months 2 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 10,361 Votes: 7,877 Participation: 76.03% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
11		 Saskatchewan
24 June 1948
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CCF  Majority
ID: 31723(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
37
CCF
 1/3 4,218 53.55% +1,288 Loser:
LIB
 2,930 37.20% Halldor K. Halldorson

Service: 3 years 11 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 9,701 Votes: 7,194 Participation: 74.16% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
12		 Saskatchewan
11 June 1952
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CCF  Majority
ID: 31779(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
41
CCF
 1/3 4,248 59.05% +1,917 Loser:
LIB
 2,331 32.40% Robert Marshall

Service: 4 years 8 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 8,846 Votes: 7,513 Participation: 84.93% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
13		 Saskatchewan
20 June 1956
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CCF  Majority
ID: 31830(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
CCF
 1/3 3,462 46.08% +811 Loser:
LIB
 2,651 35.29% Alex Federko

Service: 3 years 11 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 8,534 Votes: 6,996 Participation: 81.98% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
14		 Saskatchewan
8 June 1960
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CCF  Majority
ID: 31880(F) — 25 Sep 2022 00:09 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
49
CCF
 1/4 3,325 47.53% +1,125 Loser:
LIB
 2,200 31.45% Erwin K. Nagel
After his election:
3 Aug 1961 50
CCF
 →
NCCF
 Changed allegiance (remained in government)
Service: 3 years 10 months 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 8,652 Votes: 7,280 Participation: 84.14% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
15		 Saskatchewan
22 April 1964
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31932(F) — 25 Sep 2022 12:18 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
NCCF
 1/3 3,295 45.26% +715 Loser:
LIB
 2,580 35.44% Elizabeth M. Paulson

Service: 3 years 5 months 18 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 9,500 Votes: 7,359 Participation: 77.46% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
16		 Saskatchewan
11 October 1967
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 13364(F) — 9 Sep 2023 16:07 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
56
NCCF
 1/2 4,213 57.25% +1,067 Loser:
LIB
 3,146 42.75% George Fisher
After his election:
27 Nov 1967 56
NCCF
 →
NPD
 Changed allegiance (remained in opposition)
Service: 3 years 8 months 11 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 10,102 Votes: 7,959 Participation: 78.79% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
17		 Saskatchewan
23 June 1971
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NPD  Majority
ID: 13304(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
60
NPD
 1/2 5,173 65.00% +2,387 Loser:
LIB
 2,786 35.00% William F. Kerluke

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
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
64		 Successor:
NPD
 4,051 50.59% Neil E. Byers

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, SELD: Members of the Legislative Assembly
Dewhurst, Frederick Arthur 1911 – 1985 (p. 9)		 12 Sep 2023
EN Wikipedia
Frederick Arthur Dewhurst		 12 Sep 2023

© 2019, 2024 :: PoliCan.ca (Maurice Y. Michaud)
Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 12 Sep 2023 21:31 (but data presented dynamically)

© 2019-2024 :: PoliCan.ca
Given that electoral results are by their very nature public information, such data that can be found in PoliCan are considered to be in the public domain. However, unless indicated otherwise, all other elements — the concept of consolidating these data into a single format, the detailed research on each election, legislature and candidate, the organization and searchability of the data, the programming allowing the entry and maintenance of the data, as well as the analyses and explanatory articles found in this website — are the intellectual property of Maurice Y. Michaud.