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♂ David Forbes
aliasDavid Forbes
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Saskatchewan 5 0 5
Birth c. 1956
Age ± 68 years
First mandate 8 November 2001 → 22 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age ± 45 years
 
Mandate ended 3 years + 6 months ago (25 October 2020)
Special notes
None
 
David Forbes (c.1956– )
© Photo 2018 Liam Richards / Saskatoon StarPhoenix — 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 18 11 12 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Roger D. Parent  m 
 
 
Eligible: 9,344 Votes: 3,729 Participation: 39.91% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
24		 Saskatchewan
8 November 2001
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 13810(F) — 23 Mar 2024 10:10 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±45
NDP
 1/5 2,129 57.09% +1,057 Loser:
SKP
 1,072 28.75% Shelley Hengen

Service: 1 year 11 months 27 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 8,076 Votes: 5,851 Participation: 72.45% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
25		 Saskatchewan
5 November 2003
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 13582(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±47
NDP
 1/4 3,607 61.85% +2,442 Loser:
SKP
 1,165 19.98% Roger D. Parent

Service: 4 years 1 day (Gov't)
Eligible: 8,247 Votes: 6,494 Participation: 78.74% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
26		 Saskatchewan
7 November 2007
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SKP  Majority
ID: 13656(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:16 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±51
NDP
 1/5 3,707 57.36% +1,778 Loser:
SKP
 1,929 29.85% Jonathan Abrametz

Service: 3 years 11 months 30 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 7,409 Votes: 5,187 Participation: 70.01% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
27		 Saskatchewan
7 November 2011
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SKP  Majority
ID: 13714(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:16 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±55
NDP
 1/3 2,790 54.00% +572 Loser:
SKP
 2,218 42.93% David Cooper

Service: 4 years 4 months 27 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 12,256 Votes: 5,286 Participation: 43.13% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
28		 Saskatchewan
4 April 2016
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SKP  Majority
ID: 13772(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:16 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±60
NDP
 1/4 3,005 57.08% +1,077 Loser:
SKP
 1,928 36.62% Brad Hoffmann

Service: 4 years 6 months 21 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 13,277 Votes: 5,338 Participation: 40.20% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
29		 Saskatchewan
26 October 2020
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SKP  Majority
ID: 31056(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:16 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
±64		 Successor:
NDP
 3,080 58.52% Betty Nippi-Albright

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, SELD: Members of the Legislative Assembly
Forbes, David 1956 –  (p. 12)		 16 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
David Forbes (politician)		 16 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
David Forbes (homme politique)		 16 Feb 2024

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