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♀ Bonnie B. Mitchelson
aliasBonnie B. Mitchelson
Record
43882 · 3883

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Manitoba 8 0 8
Birth 28 November 1947
Age 76 years + 5 months
First mandate 18 March 1986 → 38 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age 38 years + 3 months
 
Mandate ended 8 years + 10 days ago (18 April 2016)
Special notes
None
 
Bonnie B. Mitchelson (1947– )
© Photo Legislative Assembly, Manitoba — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Manitoba 30 0 24 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. MB 37
PC
 1 ✓ Party leader 52 29 May 2000 — 03 Nov 2000 0 5 5
2. MB 37
PC
 1 ✓ Opposition Leader 52–55 29 May 2000 — 21 Nov 2003 3 5 23

Electoral history

Races 8  
Path points 9  
1 documented challenger
⊕ Philip L. Eyler  m 
 
 
Eligible: 18,408 Votes: 13,520 Participation: 73.45% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
33		 Manitoba
18 March 1986
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 9385(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
38
PC
 1/5 6,598 48.88% +750 Loser:
NDP
 5,848 43.32% Philip L. Eyler

Service: 2 years 1 month 7 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 18,985 Votes: 14,651 Participation: 77.17% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
34		 Manitoba
26 April 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 9442(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
40
PC
 1/4 7,563 51.73% +3,758 Loser:
LIB
 3,805 26.03% Morley Golden

Service: 2 years 4 months 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 12,771 Votes: 9,442 Participation: 73.93% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
35		 Manitoba
11 September 1990
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 9499(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
42
PC
 1/3 4,963 52.73% +2,474 Loser:
NDP
 2,489 26.44% Rob DeGroot

Service: 4 years 7 months 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 13,598 Votes: 10,509 Participation: 77.28% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
36		 Manitoba
25 April 1995
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 9554(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
PC
 1/3 4,938 47.20% +1,762 Loser:
NDP
 3,176 30.36% Karen Botting

Service: 4 years 4 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 13,887 Votes: 10,735 Participation: 77.30% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
37		 Manitoba
21 September 1999
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 9611(F) — 20 Mar 2022 22:41 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
PC
 1/3 5,366 50.25% +742 Loser:
NDP
 4,624 43.30% Ross Eadie

Service: 3 years 8 months 12 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 14,201 Votes: 9,658 Participation: 68.01% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
38		 Manitoba
3 June 2003
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 9668(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
55
PC
 1/3 4,935 51.28% +533 Loser:
NDP
 4,402 45.74% Doug Longstaffe

Service: 3 years 11 months 18 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 13,839 Votes: 9,352 Participation: 67.58% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
39		 Manitoba
22 May 2007
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 9725(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
59
PC
 1/3 4,361 46.85% +52 Loser:
NDP
 4,309 46.29% Kurt Penner

Service: 4 years 4 months 11 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 15,332 Votes: 10,273 Participation: 67.00% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
40		 Manitoba
4 October 2011
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 9782(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
63
PC
 1/4 5,247 51.34% +735 Loser:
NDP
 4,512 44.14% Kurt Penner

Service: 4 years 6 months 14 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 14,521 Votes: 9,575 Participation: 65.94% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
41		 Manitoba
19 April 2016
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 9842(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
68		 Successor:
PC
 6,154 65.71% Cathy Cox

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Living
Mitchelson, Bonnie		 26 Feb 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés
Mitchelson, Bonnie		 26 Feb 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
Bonnie Bester Mitchelson		 26 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Bonnie Mitchelson		 26 Feb 2024

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