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♂ Walter R. Johnson
aliasWalter R. Johnson
Record
30216 · 3495

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Saskatchewan 2 1 3
Birth 27 September 1927 → 96 years + 7 months ago
Lived 66 years + 4 months
First mandate 26 April 1982 → 42 years + 7 days ago
↳ at age 54 years + 6 months
Death 19 February 1994 → 30 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 2 years + 3 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 9 5 23 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Edgar E. Kaeding  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Leslie D. Popp  m 
 		 ⊕ Reg Knezacek  m 
 
Eligible: 8,635 Votes: 7,319 Participation: 84.76% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
19		 Saskatchewan
18 October 1978
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NPD  Majority
ID: 9161(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
51
PC
 2/3 3,265 44.73% -89 Winner:
NPD
 3,354 45.95% Edgar E. Kaeding
Eligible: 9,140 Votes: 7,892 Participation: 86.35% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
20		 Saskatchewan
26 April 1982
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 10698(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
54
PC
 1/3 3,921 49.83% +390 Loser:
NDP
 3,531 44.88% Edgar E. Kaeding

Service: 4 years 5 months 23 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 8,994 Votes: 7,632 Participation: 84.86% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
21		 Saskatchewan
20 October 1986
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 10764(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
59
PC
 1/3 3,612 47.47% +63 Loser:
NDP
 3,549 46.64% Reg Knezacek

Service: 5 years (Gov't)
Eligible: 8,375 Votes: 7,161 Participation: 85.50% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
22		 Saskatchewan
21 October 1991
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 13417(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
64		 Successor:
NDP
 3,745 52.50% Reg Knezacek

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, SELD: Members of the Legislative Assembly
Johnson, Walter Robert 1927 – 1994 (p. 18)		 11 Sep 2023
EN Wikipedia
Walter Robert Johnson		 11 Sep 2023

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