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♂ Edward Ingo Dow
aliasEd Dow
Record
16803 · 3733

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 43%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
Manitoba 3 3 6
Total 3 4 7
Birth 13 September 1904 → 119 years + 7 months ago
Lived 88 years + 3 months
First mandate 26 November 1959 → 64 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 55 years + 2 months
Death 23 December 1992 → 31 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 23 years + 5 months after 24 June 1969
Special notes
None
 
Edward (Ed) Ingo Dow (1904–1992)
© Photo Association of Manitoba Municipalities via the Manitoba Historical Society — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Election or appointment outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate ✗
Legis. Council ✗
✗
Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve Boissevain, Manitoba (1946–1968)
Mun./Co. Council ✗
School Board ✗
Blank/Vide ✗

Length of service in elected office within the scope of PoliCan

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Manitoba 5 11 15 Z

Electoral history

Races 7  
Path points 7  
4 documented challengers
⊖ Peter J. McDonald  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ J. Arthur Ross  m 
 		 ⊖ M. Earl McKellar  m 
⊖ Errick F. Willis  m 
 
Eligible: 16,061 Votes: 12,757 Participation: 79.43% Candidacies: 3
Federal
21		 Manitoba
27 June 1949
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23425(F) — 27 Jan 2022 14:41 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
44
LIB
 2/3 5,495 43.32% -613 Winner:
PC
 6,108 48.15% J. Arthur Ross
Eligible: 6,687 Votes: 5,186 Participation: 77.55% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
25		 Manitoba
16 June 1958
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 37686(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
53
LIBP
 2/3 1,880 36.54% -1,069 Winner:
PC
 2,949 57.32% Errick F. Willis
Eligible: 6,632 Votes: 4,674 Participation: 70.48% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
26		 Manitoba
26 November 1959
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 37751(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
55
LIBP
 1/2 2,400 51.35% +126 Loser:
PC
 2,274 48.65% Robert C. Aitkens

Service: 3 years 17 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 6,616 Votes: 5,464 Participation: 82.59% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
27		 Manitoba
14 December 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 37805(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
58
LIB
 2/3 1,973 36.19% -815 Winner:
PC
 2,788 51.14% Peter J. McDonald
Eligible: 7,506 Votes: 5,152 Participation: 68.64% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
28		 Manitoba
23 June 1966
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 13873(F) — 20 Mar 2022 22:06 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
61
LIB
 1/4 2,149 41.94% +5 Loser:
PC
 2,144 41.84% Peter J. McDonald
After his election:
30 Jan 1968 63
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Election cancelled/Unseated
Service: 1 year 7 months 7 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 7,506 Votes: 5,293 Participation: 70.52% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
28		 Manitoba
4 March 1968
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 13939(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
63
LIB
 1/3 2,443 46.16% +203 Loser:
PC
 2,240 42.32% Allan Rose

Service: 1 year 3 months 20 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 8,647 Votes: 5,977 Participation: 69.12% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
29		 Manitoba
25 June 1969
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Minority
ID: 13917(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
64
LIB
 2/3 1,982 33.44% -1,071 Winner:
PC
 3,053 51.51% M. Earl McKellar

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Dow, Edward Ingo		 18 Apr 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Dow, Edward Ingo		 18 Apr 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
Edward Ingo "Ed" Dow (1904-1992)		 18 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Edward Dow		 18 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 18 Apr 2024 19:33 (but data presented dynamically)

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