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♂ Howard Russell Pawley
aliasHoward Pawley
Record
48546 · 3791

United Church   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 56%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 3 3
Manitoba 5 1 6
Total 5 4 9
Birth 21 November 1934 → 89 years + 5 months ago
Lived 81 years + 1 month
First mandate 25 June 1969 → 54 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 34 years + 7 months
Death 30 December 2015 → 8 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 27 years + 8 months after 25 April 1988
Special notes
None
 
Howard Russell Pawley (1934–2015)
© Photo University of Windsor 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 18 9 26 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. MB 31
NDP
 1 ✓ Party leader 44 22 Jan 1979 — 03 Nov 1979 0 9 12
2. MB 31
NDP
 1 Opposition Leader 44–46 15 Feb 1979 — 16 Nov 1981 2 9 1
3. MB 31–33
NDP
 2 Party leader 44–53 04 Nov 1979 — 29 Mar 1988 8 4 25
4. MB 32–33
NDP
 1 Premier 46–53 17 Nov 1981 — 25 Apr 1988 6 5 8

Electoral history

Races 9  
Path points 10  
7 documented challengers
⊕ David Bjornson  m 
⊕ Gwen Charles  f 
⊖ George R. Muir  m 
⊖ Eric Stefanson  m 
 		 ⊖ John B. Carroll  m 
⊖ A. Graeme S. Garson  m 
⊖ William A. Pommer  m 
 
Eligible: 25,207 Votes: 19,118 Participation: 75.84% Candidacies: 5
Federal
23		 Manitoba
10 June 1957
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 23996(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
22
CCF
 4/5 443 2.33% -8,265 Winner:
PC
 8,708 45.85% George R. Muir
Eligible: 5,932 Votes: 4,064 Participation: 68.51% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
25		 Manitoba
16 June 1958
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 37685(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
23
CCF
 3/3 801 19.91% -1,524 Winner:
PC
 2,325 57.78% John B. Carroll
Eligible: inc. Votes: 18,472 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
27		 Manitoba
8 November 1965
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 25076(F) — 21 Mar 2022 10:26 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
30
NDP
 3/4 4,456 24.12% -4,117 Winner:
PC
 8,573 46.41% Eric Stefanson
Eligible: 8,663 Votes: 6,352 Participation: 73.32% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
29		 Manitoba
25 June 1969
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Minority
ID: 13915(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
34
NDP
 1/4 3,374 53.39% +1,320 Loser:
PC
 2,054 32.50% R.S. Oliver

Service: 4 years 2 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 10,513 Votes: 8,241 Participation: 78.39% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
30		 Manitoba
28 June 1973
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 9224(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
38
NDP
 1/2 4,745 58.05% +1,316 Loser:
PC
 3,429 41.95% John Linney

Service: 4 years 3 months 12 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 12,299 Votes: 10,201 Participation: 82.94% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
31		 Manitoba
11 October 1977
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 9274(F) — 20 Mar 2022 22:20 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
42
NDP
 1/3 5,159 50.66% +707 Loser:
PC
 4,452 43.72% Tom Denton

Service: 4 years 1 month 5 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 11,730 Votes: 8,801 Participation: 75.03% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
32		 Manitoba
17 November 1981
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 9331(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
46
NDP
 1/3 5,626 64.10% +2,606 Loser:
PC
 3,020 34.41% Eugene Kinaschuk

Service: 4 years 4 months (Gov't)
Eligible: 12,502 Votes: 9,368 Participation: 74.93% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
33		 Manitoba
18 March 1986
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 9390(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
51
NDP
 1/4 5,135 54.93% +2,016 Loser:
PC
 3,119 33.36% Eugene Kinaschuk

Service: 2 years 1 month 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 13,448 Votes: 10,820 Participation: 80.46% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
34		 Manitoba
26 April 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 9447(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
53		 Successor:
LIB
 3,821 35.35% Gwen Charles
Eligible: inc. Votes: 46,687 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Federal
34		 Manitoba
21 November 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3511(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
54
NDP
 2/8 13,899 29.77% -3,914 Winner:
PC
 17,813 38.15% David Bjornson

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Pawley, Howard		 20 Apr 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Pawley, Howard		 20 Apr 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
Howard Russell Pawley (1934-2015)		 20 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Howard Pawley		 20 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Howard Pawley		 20 Apr 2024

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