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♂ Warner Herbert Jorgenson
aliasWarner Jorgenson
Record
30579 · 3737

Norwegian-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 90%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 5 1 6
Manitoba 4 0 4
Total 9 1 10
Birth 26 March 1918 → 106 years + 1 month ago
Lived 87 years + 4 months
First mandate 10 June 1957 → 66 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 39 years + 2 months
Death 30 July 2005 → 18 years + 8 months ago
Exit → Death 23 years + 8 months after 16 November 1981
Special notes
None
 
Warner Herbert Jorgenson (1918–2005)
© Photo Legislative Library, Manitoba via MSH — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 11 0 10
Manitoba 12 8 22 Z
TOTAL 23 9 2

Electoral history

Races 10  
Path points 11  
5 documented challengers
⊖ René N. Jutras  m 
⊖ Lorne A. Reznowski  m 
⊖ Mark G. Smerchanski  m 
 		 ⊖ J. René Préfontaine  m 
⊖ Stanley C. Roberts  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 20,024 Votes: 13,598 Participation: 67.91% Candidacies: 4
Federal
23		 Manitoba
10 June 1957
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 23999(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
39
PC
 1/4 4,739 35.19% +250 Loser:
LIB
 4,489 33.34% René N. Jutras

Service: 9 months 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 20,024 Votes: 15,190 Participation: 75.86% Candidacies: 4
Federal
24		 Manitoba
31 March 1958
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 24265(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
40
PC
 1/4 8,278 54.50% +3,010 Loser:
LIB
 5,268 34.68% J. René Préfontaine

Service: 4 years 2 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 14,271 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
25		 Manitoba
18 June 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24542(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
44
PC
 1/4 6,214 43.54% +924 Loser:
LIB
 5,290 37.07% Stanley C. Roberts

Service: 9 months 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 14,592 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
26		 Manitoba
8 April 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 24806(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
PC
 1/3 6,729 46.11% +1,378 Loser:
LIB
 5,351 36.67% Stanley C. Roberts

Service: 2 years 6 months 30 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 13,450 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
27		 Manitoba
8 November 1965
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 25075(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
PC
 1/4 6,470 48.10% +1,227 Loser:
LIB
 5,243 38.98% Gordon Barkman

Service: 2 years 7 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 21,663 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
28		 Manitoba
25 June 1968
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 9918(F) — 24 Sep 2023 09:40 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
50
PC
 2/4 7,791 35.96% -1,230 Winner:
LIB
 9,021 41.64% Mark G. Smerchanski
Eligible: 5,284 Votes: 3,280 Participation: 62.07% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
28		 Manitoba
20 February 1969
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 13937(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
50
PC
 1/3 2,146 65.77% +1,305 Loser:
LIB
 841 25.77% Ralph Rasmussen

Service: 4 months 4 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 7,537 Votes: 4,613 Participation: 61.20% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
29		 Manitoba
25 June 1969
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Minority
ID: 13902(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
PC
 1/4 2,472 53.76% +1,289 Loser:
LIB
 1,183 25.73% Joseph Legault

Service: 4 years 2 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 8,186 Votes: 6,102 Participation: 74.54% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
30		 Manitoba
28 June 1973
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 9204(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
55
PC
 1/3 3,650 60.06% +2,048 Loser:
NDP
 1,602 26.36% Lawrence Lewco

Service: 4 years 3 months 12 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 8,951 Votes: 6,162 Participation: 68.84% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
31		 Manitoba
11 October 1977
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 9261(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
59
PC
 1/3 4,484 72.89% +3,332 Loser:
NDP
 1,152 18.73% Alphonse Lenz

Service: 4 years 1 month 5 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 9,927 Votes: 6,435 Participation: 64.82% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
32		 Manitoba
17 November 1981
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 9318(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
63		 Successor:
PC
 4,579 71.55% Clayton S. Manness

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Jorgenson, Warner H.		 20 Apr 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Jorgenson, Warner H.		 20 Apr 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
Warner Herbert Jorgenson (1918-2005)		 20 Apr 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Warner Herbert Jorgenson		 20 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Warner Herbert Jorgenson		 20 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Warner Jorgenson		 20 Apr 2024

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