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♂ Richard James Swenson
aliasRick Swenson
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Saskatchewan 3 3 6
Birth 12 April 1952
Age 72 years
First mandate 27 March 1985 → 39 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age 32 years + 11 months
 
Mandate ended 28 years + 10 months ago (20 June 1995)
Special notes
None
 
Richard James Swenson (1952– )
© Photo 2016 Global News — 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 10 2 21 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. SK 22
PC
 1 ✓ Party leader 40–42 08 Oct 1992 — 20 Nov 1994 2 1 12
2. SK 22
PC
 1 Opposition Leader 40–42 08 Oct 1992 — 20 Nov 1994 2 1 12
3. SK 25–28
PC
 2 Party leader 54–66 31 May 2006 — 02 Nov 2018 12 5 2

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 7  
3 documented challengers
⊕ Glen P. Hart  m 
⊕ Lyle E. Stewart  m 
 		 ⊕ Warren Michelson  m 
 
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
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
32
PC
 1/4 2,670 42.49% +940 Loser:
NDP
 1,730 27.53% Betty Payne

Service: 1 year 6 months 22 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 8,553 Votes: 7,056 Participation: 82.50% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
21		 Saskatchewan
20 October 1986
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 10780(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
34
PC
 1/4 3,773 53.52% +1,909 Loser:
NDP
 1,864 26.44% Betty Payne

Service: 5 years (Gov't)
Eligible: 8,110 Votes: 6,887 Participation: 84.92% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
22		 Saskatchewan
21 October 1991
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 13433(F) — 12 Mar 2022 15:15 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
39
PC
 1/4 2,929 42.61% +689 Loser:
NDP
 2,240 32.59% Ron Bishoff

Service: 3 years 7 months 30 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 10,903 Votes: 7,665 Participation: 70.30% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
23		 Saskatchewan
21 June 1995
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 13495(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
43		 Successor:
LIB
 2,859 37.49% Gerard Aldridge
Eligible: 10,470 Votes: 8,633 Participation: 82.45% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
26		 Saskatchewan
7 November 2007
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SKP  Majority
ID: 13670(F) — 12 Oct 2021 23:10 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature (Party leader)
Age
55
PC
 4/5 295 3.42% -5,263 Winner:
SKP
 5,558 64.45% Lyle E. Stewart
Eligible: 10,614 Votes: 7,732 Participation: 72.85% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
27		 Saskatchewan
7 November 2011
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SKP  Majority
ID: 13695(F) — 12 Oct 2021 23:12 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature (Party leader)
Age
59
PC
 3/4 283 3.67% -4,282 Winner:
SKP
 4,565 59.17% Warren Michelson
Eligible: 11,533 Votes: 6,892 Participation: 59.76% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
28		 Saskatchewan
4 April 2016
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SKP  Majority
ID: 13747(F) — 12 Oct 2021 23:12 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature (Party leader)
Age
63
PC
 3/6 689 10.02% -3,585 Winner:
SKP
 4,274 62.18% Glen P. Hart

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, SELD: Members of the Legislative Assembly
Swenson, Richard James 1952 –  (p. 37)		 12 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Richard Swenson		 12 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Richard Swenson		 12 Apr 2024

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