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♂ Donald W. Craik
aliasDonald W. Craik
Record
13262 · 3782

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 80%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Manitoba 4 1 5
Birth 26 August 1931 → 92 years + 8 months ago
Lived 54 years
First mandate 23 June 1966 → 57 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 34 years + 9 months
Death 2 September 1985 → 38 years + 7 months ago
Exit → Death 3 years + 9 months after 16 November 1981
Special notes
None
 
Donald W. Craik (1931–1985)
© 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 15 4 21 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. MB 30
PC
 1 ✓ Opposition Leader 43–44 04 Mar 1975 — 11 Jun 1976 1 3 7

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
3 documented challengers
⊕ Doreen L. Dodick  f  (2 runoffs)
⊕ Wilson D.P. Parasiuk  m 
 		 ⊖ William J. Hutton  m 
 
Eligible: 14,226 Votes: 9,699 Participation: 68.18% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
28		 Manitoba
23 June 1966
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 13867(F) — 26 Dec 2022 14:11 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
34
PC
 1/3 4,432 45.84% +1,505 Loser:
LIB
 2,927 30.27% Douglas E. Honeyman

Service: 3 years 1 day (Gov't)
Eligible: 12,427 Votes: 7,715 Participation: 62.08% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
29		 Manitoba
25 June 1969
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Minority
ID: 13909(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
37
PC
 1/3 3,152 41.09% +56 Loser:
NDP
 3,096 40.36% James Buchanan

Service: 4 years 2 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 19,252 Votes: 15,954 Participation: 82.87% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
30		 Manitoba
28 June 1973
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 9211(F) — 25 Mar 2022 21:44 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
41
PC
 1/3 7,944 49.94% +1,763 Loser:
NDP
 6,181 38.86% Wilson D.P. Parasiuk

Service: 4 years 3 months 12 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 24,817 Votes: 19,450 Participation: 78.37% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
31		 Manitoba
11 October 1977
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 9268(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
46
PC
 1/3 10,412 53.59% +3,985 Loser:
NDP
 6,427 33.08% Doreen L. Dodick

Service: 4 years 1 month 5 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 12,334 Votes: 9,695 Participation: 78.60% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
32		 Manitoba
17 November 1981
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 9325(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
50
PC
 2/4 4,120 42.62% -242 Winner:
NDP
 4,362 45.12% Doreen L. Dodick

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Craik, Donald William		 24 Feb 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Craik, Donald William		 24 Feb 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
Donald William Craik (1931-1985)		 24 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Donald Craik		 24 Feb 2024

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