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♂ Nelson M. Shoemaker
aliasNelson M. Shoemaker
Record
56557 · 3756

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 80%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Manitoba 4 1 5
Birth 17 February 1911 → 113 years + 2 months ago
Lived 92 years + 3 months
First mandate 16 June 1958 → 65 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 47 years + 3 months
Death 10 June 2003 → 20 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 33 years + 11 months after 24 June 1969
Special notes
None
 

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 11 0 5 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
2 documented challengers
⊖ James R. Ferguson  m 
 		 ⊖ Melvin E. Murray  m 
 
Eligible: 6,703 Votes: 4,720 Participation: 70.42% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
25		 Manitoba
16 June 1958
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 37653(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
47
LIBP
 1/3 2,570 54.66% +893 Loser:
PC
 1,677 35.67% Clayton Gault

Service: 10 months 27 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 6,899 Votes: 5,225 Participation: 75.74% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
26		 Manitoba
14 May 1959
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 37710(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
48
LIBP
 1/3 2,469 47.46% +151 Loser:
PC
 2,318 44.56% Melvin E. Murray

Service: 3 years 6 months 29 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 6,483 Votes: 5,154 Participation: 79.50% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
27		 Manitoba
14 December 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 37772(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
LIB
 1/3 2,868 55.83% +848 Loser:
PC
 2,020 39.32% John A. McPhedran

Service: 3 years 6 months 8 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 6,263 Votes: 4,974 Participation: 79.42% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
28		 Manitoba
23 June 1966
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 13837(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
55
LIB
 1/3 2,926 59.12% +1,139 Loser:
PC
 1,787 36.11% John A. McPhedran

Service: 3 years 1 day (Oppo.)
Eligible: 9,124 Votes: 6,672 Participation: 73.13% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
29		 Manitoba
25 June 1969
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Minority
ID: 13894(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
58
LIB
 2/3 2,583 38.86% -417 Winner:
PC
 3,000 45.13% James R. Ferguson

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Shoemaker, Nelson M.		 22 Oct 2023
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Shoemaker, Nelson M.		 22 Oct 2023
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
Nelson M. Shoemaker (1911-2003)		 22 Oct 2023
EN Wikipedia
Nelson Shoemaker		 22 Oct 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 22 Oct 2023 19:19 (but data presented dynamically)

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