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♂ Eldon Mattison Woolliams
aliasEldon Woolliams
Record
66159 · 4

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 89%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 8 1 9
Birth 12 April 1916 → 108 years ago
Lived 85 years + 5 months
First mandate 31 March 1958 → 66 years + 29 days ago
↳ at age 41 years + 11 months
Death 24 September 2001 → 22 years + 7 months ago
Exit → Death 21 years + 7 months after 17 February 1980
Special notes
None
 
Eldon Mattison Woolliams (1916–2001)
© Photo 1967 J. Mackie — licensed under CC BY-SA 1.0
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
Canada 21 10 11

Electoral history

Races 9  
Path points 10  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Earl A. Hastings  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ L. Barry Pashak  m 
 		 ⊖ Charles E. Johnston  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 24,671 Votes: 19,034 Participation: 77.15% Candidacies: 3
Federal
23		 Alberta
10 June 1957
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 23957(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
41
PC
 2/3 7,039 37.21% -344 Winner:
SC
 7,383 39.03% Charles E. Johnston
Eligible: 24,671 Votes: 20,113 Participation: 81.52% Candidacies: 3
Federal
24		 Alberta
31 March 1958
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 24223(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
41
PC
 1/3 12,695 63.12% +7,049 Loser:
SC
 5,646 28.07% Charles E. Johnston

Service: 4 years 2 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 23,150 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
25		 Alberta
18 June 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24500(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
46
PC
 1/4 10,733 46.36% +3,889 Loser:
SC
 6,844 29.56% Francis J. Porter

Service: 9 months 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 24,991 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
26		 Alberta
8 April 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 24764(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
46
PC
 1/4 11,461 45.86% +4,001 Loser:
SC
 7,460 29.85% Francis J. Porter

Service: 2 years 6 months 30 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 23,733 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
27		 Alberta
8 November 1965
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 25033(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
49
PC
 1/4 12,611 53.14% +6,940 Loser:
SC
 5,671 23.89% Ron Allen

Service: 2 years 7 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 43,541 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
28		 Alberta
25 June 1968
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 9868(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
PC
 1/3 21,708 49.86% +3,523 Loser:
LIB
 18,185 41.77% Peter Petrasuk

Service: 4 years 4 months 4 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 68,647 Votes: 52,293 Participation: 76.18% Candidacies: 5
Federal
29		 Alberta
30 October 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 10131(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
56
PC
 1/5 30,973 59.23% +18,326 Loser:
LIB
 12,647 24.18% Roland-Aimé Lambert

Service: 1 year 8 months 7 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 68,647 Votes: 46,638 Participation: 67.94% Candidacies: 4
Federal
30		 Alberta
8 July 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10395(F) — 17 Oct 2021 17:50 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
58
PC
 1/4 30,175 64.70% +19,402 Loser:
LIB
 10,773 23.10% John Sutherland

Service: 4 years 10 months 13 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 63,158 Votes: 43,567 Participation: 68.98% Candidacies: 4
Federal
31		 Alberta
22 May 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 4323(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
63
PC
 1/4 27,994 64.26% +17,200 Loser:
LIB
 10,794 24.78% Darryl Raymaker

Service: 8 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 63,158 Votes: 41,391 Participation: 65.54% Candidacies: 6
Federal
32		 Alberta
18 February 1980
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4041(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
63		 Successor:
PC
 26,201 63.42% Frederick W. (Bill) Wright

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Eldon Mattison Woolliams, Q.C.		 10 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Eldon Mattison Woolliams, c.r.		 10 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Eldon Woolliams		 10 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 10 Apr 2024 21:04 (but data presented dynamically)

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