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♂ Frank Howard
aliasFrank Howard
Record
28376 · 35

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 71%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 7 1 8
British Columbia 3 3 6
Total 10 4 14
Birth 26 April 1925 → 99 years ago
Lived 85 years + 10 months
First mandate 10 June 1953 → 70 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 28 years + 1 month
Death 15 March 2011 → 13 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 24 years + 4 months after 21 October 1986
Special notes
Born Frank Thomas Woodd.
 
Frank Howard (1925–2011)
© Photo Legislative Assembly, British Columbia — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
Howard had a troubled childhood. His mother was a prostitute while his father was believed to have been her pimp. Sent to an orphanage at the age of 12 and a suc­ces­sion of foster homes after that, he engaged in a month-long crime spree with an accomplice in the summer of 1943 that included robbing two jewellery stores and a hotel while armed with a revolver. Convicted for these crimes, he served 20 months in a federal penitentiary before being released in May 1945. He went on to become a respectable and respected social democratic politician from British Columbia, both provincially and federally.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 17 0 20
British Columbia 10 8 20 Z
TOTAL 27 9 10

Electoral history

Races 14  
Path points 14  
6 documented challengers
⊖ Edward T. Applewhaite  m 
⊖ Edward T. Kenney  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Cyril M. Shelford  m 
 		 ⊖ Iona V. Campagnolo  f 
⊕ David F.H. Parker  m 
⊖ Hugh A. Shirreff  m 
 
Eligible: 5,411 Votes: 3,782 Participation: 69.89% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
23		 British Columbia
12 June 1952
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Minority
ID: 29759(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
27
CFF
 2/4 1,048 28.83% -452 Winner:
LIB
 1,500 41.27% Edward T. Kenney
Eligible: 6,778 Votes: 5,052 Participation: 74.54% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
24		 British Columbia
10 June 1953
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 29810(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
28
CFF
 1/4 1,768 37.04% +355 Loser:
LIB
 1,413 29.60% Lionel C. Houle

Service: 3 years 3 months 8 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 7,746 Votes: 5,228 Participation: 67.49% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
25		 British Columbia
19 September 1956
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 29861(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
31
CFF
 2/3 1,823 35.77% -63 Winner:
SC
 1,886 37.01% Hugh A. Shirreff
Eligible: 22,318 Votes: 14,263 Participation: 63.91% Candidacies: 3
Federal
23		 British Columbia
10 June 1957
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 23985(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
32
CCF
 1/3 5,517 39.05% +482 Loser:
LIB
 5,035 35.64% Edward T. Applewhaite

Service: 9 months 20 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 22,318 Votes: 16,699 Participation: 74.82% Candidacies: 4
Federal
24		 British Columbia
31 March 1958
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 24251(F) — 28 Jun 2023 11:52 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
32
CCF
 1/4 6,647 39.80% +1,619 Loser:
PC
 5,028 30.11% Allan D. Vance
After his election:
3 Aug 1961 36
CCF
 →
NDP
 Changed allegiance (remained in opposition)
Service: 4 years 2 months 17 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 18,315 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
25		 British Columbia
18 June 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24528(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
37
NDP
 1/3 10,946 59.77% +6,608 Loser:
PC
 4,338 23.69% Bill Vance

Service: 9 months 20 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 20,226 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
26		 British Columbia
8 April 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 24792(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
37
NDP
 1/4 10,743 53.11% +5,883 Loser:
LIB
 4,860 24.03% John F. Magor

Service: 2 years 6 months 30 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 21,260 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
27		 British Columbia
8 November 1965
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 25061(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
40
NDP
 1/4 11,477 53.98% +5,044 Loser:
LIB
 6,433 30.26% Arthur C. Bates

Service: 2 years 7 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 23,897 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
28		 British Columbia
25 June 1968
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 9905(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
NDP
 1/3 12,471 52.19% +4,597 Loser:
LIB
 7,874 32.95% Arthur C. Bates

Service: 4 years 4 months 4 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 41,047 Votes: 27,425 Participation: 66.81% Candidacies: 3
Federal
29		 British Columbia
30 October 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 10162(F) — 28 Jun 2023 19:26 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
NDP
 1/3 13,100 47.77% +4,866 Loser:
PC
 8,234 30.02% Everett Stevens
After his election:
30 Nov 1972 47
NDP
 →
NDP
 Changed allegiance (joined government)
9 May 1974 49
NDP
 →
NDP
 Changed allegiance (joined opposition)
Service: 1 year 8 months 7 days (Oppo. & Gov't & Oppo.)
Eligible: 41,047 Votes: 30,382 Participation: 74.02% Candidacies: 3
Federal
30		 British Columbia
8 July 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10426(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
49
NDP
 2/3 9,358 30.80% -2,860 Winner:
LIB
 12,218 40.21% Iona V. Campagnolo
Eligible: 22,050 Votes: 15,267 Participation: 69.24% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
32		 British Columbia
10 May 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 30200(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
54
NDP
 1/4 7,561 50.29% +368 Loser:
SC
 7,193 47.84% Cyril M. Shelford

Service: 3 years 11 months 24 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 24,860 Votes: 19,223 Participation: 77.33% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
33		 British Columbia
5 May 1983
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 35822(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
58
NDP
 1/3 9,682 51.12% +720 Loser:
SC
 8,962 47.32% Joanne B. Monaghan

Service: 3 years 5 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 22,588 Votes: 17,217 Participation: 76.22% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
34		 British Columbia
22 October 1986
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 35874(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
61
NDP
 2/4 7,101 41.79% -1,158 Winner:
SC
 8,259 48.61% David F.H. Parker

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Non-standard link
Jennifer Lang, Cloverdale Reporter (March 31, 2011), From prison to politics – remembering Frank Howard		 06 Mar 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Frank Howard		 06 Mar 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Frank Howard		 06 Mar 2024
FR Wikipédia
Frank Howard (homme politique canadien)		 06 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Frank Howard (Canadian politician)		 06 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  6 Mar 2024 20:54 (but data presented dynamically)

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