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♂ Sidney Joel Spivak
aliasSidney Spivak
Record
58261 · 3767

Judaism   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 80%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
Manitoba 4 0 4
Total 4 1 5
Birth 23 May 1928 → 95 years + 11 months ago
Lived 74 years + 1 month
First mandate 23 June 1966 → 57 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 38 years + 1 month
Death 8 July 2002 → 21 years + 9 months ago
Exit → Death 23 years + 2 months after 12 April 1979
Special notes
None
 
Sidney Joel Spivak (1928–2002)
© Photo University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections 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 12 9 16 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. MB 29–30
PC
 1 Party leader 42–47 27 Feb 1971 — 05 Dec 1975 4 9 8
2. MB 29–30
PC
 1 Opposition Leader 42–46 07 Apr 1971 — 14 Jun 1974 3 2 7

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
7 documented challengers
⊕ Lloyd N. Axworthy  m 
⊖ Charles R. Huband  m 
⊖ Jack Silverberg  m 
⊕ David Walker  m 
 		 ⊖ Mark H. Danzker  m 
⊖ Lionel G. Orlikow  m 
⊕ Muriel A. Smith  f 
 
Eligible: 13,234 Votes: 10,267 Participation: 77.58% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
28		 Manitoba
23 June 1966
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 13853(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
38
PC
 1/3 5,325 52.03% +1,242 Loser:
LIB
 4,083 39.90% Scott Wright

Service: 3 years 1 day (Gov't)
Eligible: 9,954 Votes: 7,274 Participation: 73.08% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
29		 Manitoba
25 June 1969
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Minority
ID: 13910(F) — 30 Sep 2023 13:27 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
41
PC
 1/3 4,623 63.79% +3,050 Loser:
LIB
 1,573 21.71% Mark H. Danzker

Service: 4 years 2 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 11,012 Votes: 9,510 Participation: 86.36% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
30		 Manitoba
28 June 1973
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 9212(F) — 29 Jun 2023 22:34 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
45
PC
 1/3 5,167 54.47% +2,261 Loser:
LIB
 2,906 30.63% Charles R. Huband

Service: 4 years 3 months 12 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 10,459 Votes: 8,949 Participation: 85.56% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
31		 Manitoba
11 October 1977
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 9269(F) — 20 Mar 2022 22:19 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
49
PC
 1/3 6,175 69.16% +4,513 Loser:
LIB
 1,662 18.62% David Walker
After his election:
12 Apr 1979 50
PC
 →
Vac.
 Unsuccessfully ran federally
Service: 1 year 6 months 1 day (Gov't)
Eligible: 59,046 Votes: 45,757 Participation: 77.49% Candidacies: 6
Federal
31		 Manitoba
22 May 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 4380(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
50
PC
 2/6 18,337 40.07% -485 Winner:
LIB
 18,822 41.13% Lloyd N. Axworthy
Eligible: inc. Votes: 6,666 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
31		 Manitoba
16 October 1979
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 10972(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
51		 Successor:
PC
 3,473 52.10% Gary A. Filmon

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Spivak, Sidney		 20 Apr 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Spivak, Sidney		 20 Apr 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
Sidney Joel Spivak (1928-2002)		 20 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Sidney Spivak		 20 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Sidney Spivak		 20 Apr 2024

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Rev.: 20 Apr 2024 17:35 (but data presented dynamically)

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