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♂ Sterling Rufus Lyon
aliasSterling Lyon
Record
37269 · 3753

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 88%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
Manitoba 7 0 7
Total 7 1 8
Birth 30 January 1927 → 97 years + 2 months ago
Lived 83 years + 10 months
First mandate 16 June 1958 → 65 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 31 years + 4 months
Death 16 December 2010 → 13 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 24 years + 8 months after 17 March 1986
Special notes
None
 
Sterling Rufus Lyon (1927–2010)
© Photo Manitoba Court of Appeal via the Manitoba Historical Society — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Manitoba 20 4 11 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. MB 30–32
PC
 1 Party leader 48–56 06 Dec 1975 — 09 Dec 1983 8 0 3
2. MB 30
PC
 1 Opposition Leader 50 17 Feb 1977 — 10 Oct 1977 0 7 23
3. MB 31
PC
 1 Premier 50–54 11 Oct 1977 — 16 Nov 1981 4 1 5
4. MB 32
PC
 2 Opposition Leader 55–56 25 Feb 1982 — 09 Dec 1983 1 9 14

Electoral history

Races 8  
Path points 10  
4 documented challengers
⊖ David A. Bowles  m 
⊕ Maureen L. Hemphill  f 
 		 ⊖ L. Raymond Fennell  m 
⊖ James A. Richardson  m 
 
Eligible: 11,813 Votes: 7,218 Participation: 61.10% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
25		 Manitoba
16 June 1958
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 37650(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
31
PC
 1/3 3,731 52.01% +1,323 Loser:
LIBP
 2,408 33.57% L. Raymond Fennell

Service: 10 months 27 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 12,062 Votes: 8,299 Participation: 68.80% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
26		 Manitoba
14 May 1959
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 37707(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
32
PC
 1/3 4,842 58.69% +2,807 Loser:
LIBP
 2,035 24.67% Stan Farwell

Service: 3 years 6 months 29 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 13,357 Votes: 8,822 Participation: 66.05% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
27		 Manitoba
14 December 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 37769(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
35
PC
 1/3 4,721 54.16% +1,893 Loser:
LIB
 2,828 32.44% David A. Bowles

Service: 3 years 6 months 8 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 15,489 Votes: 10,361 Participation: 66.89% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
28		 Manitoba
23 June 1966
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 13834(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
39
PC
 1/3 6,131 59.32% +3,696 Loser:
LIB
 2,435 23.56% Peter Stokes

Service: 3 years 1 day (Gov't)
Eligible: 9,906 Votes: 7,589 Participation: 76.61% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
29		 Manitoba
25 June 1969
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Minority
ID: 13891(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
42		 Successor:
PC
 3,570 47.17% Louis R. (Bud) Sherman
Eligible: 63,574 Votes: 50,730 Participation: 79.80% Candidacies: 7
Federal
30		 Manitoba
8 July 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10445(F) — 29 Jun 2023 23:07 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
47
PC
 2/7 22,031 43.43% -1,266 Winner:
LIB
 23,297 45.92% James A. Richardson
Eligible: inc. Votes: 6,823 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
30		 Manitoba
7 November 1976
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 10970(F) — 20 Mar 2022 22:15 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus (Party leader)
Age
49
PC
 1/3 4,478 65.63% +3,206 Loser:
LIB
 1,272 18.64% Jean Strath

Service: 11 months 3 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 20,763 Votes: 16,299 Participation: 78.50% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
31		 Manitoba
11 October 1977
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 9243(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
50
PC
 1/3 10,559 64.91% +6,343 Loser:
NDP
 4,216 25.92% Maureen L. Hemphill

Service: 4 years 1 month 5 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 14,454 Votes: 10,789 Participation: 74.64% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
32		 Manitoba
17 November 1981
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 9300(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
54
PC
 1/4 6,334 58.77% +3,091 Loser:
NDP
 3,243 30.09% Toni Vosters

Service: 4 years 4 months (Oppo.)
Eligible: 16,665 Votes: 11,585 Participation: 69.52% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
33		 Manitoba
18 March 1986
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 9356(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
59		 Successor:
PC
 6,524 56.43% James A. Ernst

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Lyon, Sterling Rufus, Q.C.		 20 Apr 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Lyon, Sterling Rufus, Q.C.		 20 Apr 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
Sterling Rufus Lyon (1927-2010)		 20 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Sterling Lyon		 20 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Sterling Lyon		 20 Apr 2024

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