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♂ Jack Goohsen
aliasJack Goohsen
Record
23637 · 3550

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Saskatchewan 2 0 2
Birth 7 November 1942
Age 81 years + 5 months
First mandate 21 October 1991 → 32 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 48 years + 11 months
 
Mandate ended 25 years + 2 days ago (1 May 1999)
Special notes
Forced to resign as an MLA in 1999 when he was convicted on a child prostitution charge.
 
Jack Goohsen (1942– )
© Photo Alchetron — 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 7 6 8 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 3  
Documented challenger
None
 
 
Eligible: 8,141 Votes: 6,498 Participation: 79.82% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
22		 Saskatchewan
21 October 1991
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 13390(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
48
PC
 1/3 2,627 40.55% +640 Loser:
NDP
 1,987 30.67% Bryan Oster

Service: 3 years 7 months 30 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 11,014 Votes: 7,511 Participation: 68.20% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
23		 Saskatchewan
21 June 1995
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 13449(F) — 28 Oct 2023 09:25 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
PC
 1/3 2,863 38.31% +143 Loser:
LIB
 2,720 36.40% Barry Thienes
After his election:
8 Aug 1997 54
PC
 →
IND
 Changed allegiance (remained in opposition)
1 May 1999 56
IND
 →
Vac.
 Amidst controversy
Service: 3 years 10 months 10 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 10,731 Votes: 5,737 Participation: 53.46% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
23		 Saskatchewan
28 June 1999
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 13804(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
56		 Successor:
SKP
 2,958 51.56% D. Wayne Elhard

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, SELD: Members of the Legislative Assembly
Goohsen, Jack 1942 –  (p. 13)		 23 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
Jack Goohsen		 23 Dec 2023
FR Wikipédia
Jack Goohsen		 23 Dec 2023

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