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♂ Louis Ralph Sherman
aliasBud Sherman
Record
56452 · 3789

Anglican   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 71%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 2 3
Manitoba 4 0 4
Total 5 2 7
Birth 24 December 1926 → 97 years + 4 months ago
Lived 88 years
First mandate 8 November 1965 → 58 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 38 years + 10 months
Death 9 January 2015 → 9 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 33 years + 1 month after 17 November 1981
Special notes
None
 
Louis Ralph (Bud) Sherman (1926–2015)
© Photo University of Manitoba Archives 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
Canada 2 7 15
Manitoba 12 4 20 Z
TOTAL 15 0 5

Electoral history

Races 7  
Path points 8  
6 documented challengers
⊕ Lloyd N. Axworthy  m 
⊖ Henry F. Janzen  m 
⊖ James A. Richardson  m 
 		 ⊖ William J. Hutton  m 
⊖ Margaret M. Konantz  f 
⊖ Richard A. Wankling  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 43,972 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
27		 Manitoba
8 November 1965
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 25081(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
38
PC
 1/2 23,576 53.62% +3,180 Loser:
LIB
 20,396 46.38% Margaret M. Konantz

Service: 2 years 7 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 44,165 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
28		 Manitoba
25 June 1968
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 9923(F) — 26 Dec 2022 14:11 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
41
PC
 2/3 15,209 34.44% -8,248 Winner:
LIB
 23,457 53.11% James A. Richardson
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
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
42
PC
 1/3 3,570 47.17% +1,507 Loser:
NDP
 2,063 27.26% Grant Cosby

Service: 4 years 2 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 15,928 Votes: 13,178 Participation: 82.73% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
30		 Manitoba
28 June 1973
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 9193(F) — 26 Dec 2022 14:17 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
46
PC
 1/3 4,783 36.46% +452 Loser:
LIB
 4,331 33.01% Henry F. Janzen

Service: 4 years 3 months 12 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 21,742 Votes: 16,659 Participation: 76.62% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
31		 Manitoba
11 October 1977
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 9250(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
PC
 1/3 10,052 60.44% +5,895 Loser:
NDP
 4,157 24.99% Ruth Pear

Service: 4 years 1 month 5 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 15,346 Votes: 11,189 Participation: 72.91% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
32		 Manitoba
17 November 1981
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 9307(F) — 20 Mar 2022 22:23 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
54
PC
 1/4 6,227 55.71% +2,522 Loser:
NDP
 3,705 33.15% Hans Wittich
After his election:
17 Nov 1981 54
PC
 →
Vac.
 Unsuccessfully ran federally
Service: (Oppo.)
Eligible: 59,346 Votes: 46,780 Participation: 78.83% Candidacies: 5
Federal
33		 Manitoba
4 September 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3813(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to Parliament
Age
57
PC
 2/5 18,932 40.65% -2,354 Winner:
LIB
 21,286 45.70% Lloyd N. Axworthy
Eligible: inc. Votes: 7,986 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Provincial
32		 Manitoba
2 October 1984
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 10974(F) — 5 Oct 2021 23:01 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
57		 Successor:
PC
 3,561 44.59% Charles T. Birt

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Sherman, Louis Ralph (Bud)		 21 Apr 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Sherman, Louis Ralph (Bud)		 21 Apr 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
Louis Ralph "Bud" Sherman (1926-2015)		 21 Apr 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Louis Ralph (Bud) Sherman, M.P.		 21 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Louis Ralph (Bud) Sherman, député		 21 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Bud Sherman		 21 Apr 2024

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