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♂ A. Russell Paulley
aliasA. Russell Paulley
Record
48526 · 3765

Anglican   
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 3 November 1909 → 114 years + 5 months ago
Lived 74 years + 6 months
First mandate 8 June 1953 → 70 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 43 years + 7 months
Death 19 May 1984 → 39 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death 6 years + 7 months after 10 October 1977
Special notes
None
 
A. Russell Paulley (1909–1984)
© Photo Archives of Manitoba via the Manitoba Historical Society — 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
Manitoba 24 3 26 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. MB 26
CCF
 1 Party leader 50–52 01 Feb 1960 — 03 Nov 1961 1 9 2
2. MB 26–28
NDP
 2 Party leader 52–59 04 Nov 1961 — 06 Jun 1969 7 7 2

Electoral history

Races 8  
Path points 9  
5 documented challengers
⊖ J. Leslie Bodie  m 
⊖ Joseph-Phillippe Guay  m 
⊖ Bernard R. Wolfe  m 
 		 ⊖ Thelma J.O. Call  f 
⊖ Fernand Viau  m 
 
Eligible: 26,306 Votes: 18,993 Participation: 72.20% Candidacies: 3
Federal
21		 Manitoba
27 June 1949
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23427(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
39
CCF
 2/3 5,455 29.05% -5,311 Winner:
LIB
 10,766 57.33% Fernand Viau
Eligible: 19,944 Votes: 12,348 Participation: 61.91% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
24		 Manitoba
8 June 1953
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  LIBP  Majority
ID: 37600(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
43
CCF
 1/4 5,770 47.68% +1,376 Loser:
LIBP
 4,394 36.31% J. Leslie Bodie

Service: 5 years 7 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 12,897 Votes: 8,013 Participation: 62.13% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
25		 Manitoba
16 June 1958
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 37666(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
48
CCF
 1/3 3,504 44.05% +1,170 Loser:
LIBP
 2,334 29.34% Bernard R. Wolfe

Service: 10 months 27 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 13,880 Votes: 9,208 Participation: 66.34% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
26		 Manitoba
14 May 1959
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 37723(F) — 20 Mar 2022 21:59 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
49
CCF
 1/3 4,085 44.83% +1,087 Loser:
PC
 2,998 32.90% Harold Huppe

Service: 3 years 6 months 29 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 18,374 Votes: 9,961 Participation: 54.21% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
27		 Manitoba
14 December 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 37785(F) — 5 Oct 2021 18:30 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
53
NDP
 1/3 4,032 40.67% +863 Loser:
LIB
 3,169 31.97% Nick Slotek

Service: 3 years 6 months 8 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 22,159 Votes: 14,501 Participation: 65.44% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
28		 Manitoba
23 June 1966
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 13850(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
56
NDP
 1/3 7,114 49.27% +2,209 Loser:
LIB
 4,905 33.97% Joseph-Phillippe Guay

Service: 3 years 1 day (Oppo.)
Eligible: 10,837 Votes: 7,179 Participation: 66.25% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
29		 Manitoba
25 June 1969
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Minority
ID: 13930(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
59
NDP
 1/3 4,614 64.50% +3,126 Loser:
LIB
 1,488 20.80% Thelma J.O. Call

Service: 4 years 2 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 12,893 Votes: 10,485 Participation: 81.32% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
30		 Manitoba
28 June 1973
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 9232(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
63
NDP
 1/2 6,275 60.19% +2,124 Loser:
PC
 4,151 39.81% Phil Rizzuto

Service: 4 years 3 months 12 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 15,408 Votes: 12,010 Participation: 77.95% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
31		 Manitoba
11 October 1977
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 9289(F) — 25 Mar 2022 21:44 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
67		 Successor:
NDP
 6,474 53.99% Wilson D.P. Parasiuk

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Paulley, Andrew Russell		 24 Feb 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Paulley, Andrew Russell		 24 Feb 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
Andrew Russell "Russ" Paulley (1909-1984)		 24 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Russell Paulley		 24 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 24 Feb 2024 19:45 (but data presented dynamically)

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