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♂ Arthur Laing
aliasArthur Laing
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 60%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 5 0 5
British Columbia 1 4 5
Total 6 4 10
Birth 9 September 1904 → 119 years + 7 months ago
Lived 70 years + 5 months
First mandate 27 June 1949 → 74 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 44 years + 9 months
Death 13 February 1975 → 49 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 2 years + 3 months after 29 October 1972
Special notes
None
 
Arthur Laing (1904–1975)
© Photo c.1945 Arthur Roy — Public domain
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 14 2 11
British Columbia 3 3 8 Z
TOTAL 17 5 20

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. BC 23
LIB
 1 Party leader 48–54 08 Apr 1953 — 15 May 1959 6 1 7
2. CA 26–27
LIB
 1 Minister 58–62 22 Apr 1963 — 30 Sep 1966 3 5 8
3. CA 27
LIB
 1 Minister 62–63 01 Oct 1966 — 05 Jul 1968 1 9 4
4. CA 28
LIB
 1 Minister 63–67 06 Jul 1968 — 27 Jan 1972 3 6 21
5. CA 28
LIB
 1 Minister 67–68 28 Jan 1972 — 26 Nov 1972 0 9 29
 2. Northern Affairs and National Resources
 3. Indian Affairs and Northern Development
 4. Public Works
 5. Veterans Affairs

Electoral history

Races 10  
Path points 12  
16 documented challengers
⊖ Thomas A. Bate  m 
⊖ Ernest J. Broome  m 
⊖ John F. Browne  m 
⊖ Cedric Cox  m 
⊖ Alexander C. Hope  m 
⊖ W. Grace MacInnis  f  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Tilly J. Rolston  f 
⊖ William E. Stewart  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Robert W. Bonner  m 
⊖ Buda H. Brown  f 
⊖ Jonathan W. Cornett  m 
⊖ John A. Fraser  m 
⊖ Norman Levi  m 
⊖ Thomas A. McEwen  m 
⊖ Leonard A. Shepherd  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Robert B. Swailes  m 
 
Eligible: 13,584 Votes: 9,842 Participation: 72.45% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
19		 British Columbia
1 June 1937
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 29437(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
32
LIB
 2/4 3,102 32.01% -90 Winner:
CFF
 3,192 32.93% Leonard A. Shepherd
Eligible: 16,064 Votes: 12,410 Participation: 77.25% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
20		 British Columbia
21 October 1941
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 29522(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
37
LIB
 2/3 3,554 29.17% -1,599 Winner:
CFF
 5,153 42.29% Leonard A. Shepherd
Eligible: 48,398 Votes: 33,212 Participation: 68.06% Candidacies: 3
Federal
21		 British Columbia
27 June 1949
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23411(F) — 27 Jan 2022 14:33 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
44
LIB
 1/3 13,082 39.71% +2,685 Loser:
CCF
 10,397 31.56% W. Grace MacInnis
After his election:
30 Apr 1953 48
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran provincially
Service: 3 years 10 months 3 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 82,257 Votes: 52,921 Participation: 64.34% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
24		 British Columbia
10 June 1953
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 29820(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature (Party leader)
Age
48
LIB
 1/6 17,412 34.79% -1,649 Loser:
SC
 19,061 38.08% Tilly J. Rolston

Service: 3 years 3 months 8 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 43,625 Votes: 28,732 Participation: 65.86% Candidacies: 5
Federal
22		 British Columbia
10 August 1953
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23704(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
48		 Successor:
LIB
 10,459 36.60% Elmore Philpott
Eligible: 85,349 Votes: 156,514 Participation: 61.13% Candidacies: 14
Provincial
25		 British Columbia
19 September 1956
General
Plurality-at-large (3)
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 29866(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent → (Party leader)
Age
52
LIB
 4/14 17,801 34.24% -5,437 Winner:
SC
 23,238 44.70% Buda H. Brown
Eligible: 42,307 Votes: 22,163 Participation: 52.39% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
25		 British Columbia
9 September 1957
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 29871(F) — 15 Oct 2021 20:30 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature (Party leader)
Age
53
LIB
 4/4 2,518 11.41% -6,442 Winner:
CFF
 8,960 40.59% Cedric Cox
Eligible: inc. Votes: 40,227 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Federal
25		 British Columbia
18 June 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24533(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → Returned to Parliament after hiatus
Age
57
LIB
 1/5 14,660 36.44% +2,670 Loser:
PC
 11,990 29.81% Ernest J. Broome

Service: 9 months 20 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 42,468 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Federal
26		 British Columbia
8 April 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 24797(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
58
LIB
 1/5 19,140 45.07% +9,491 Loser:
NDP
 9,649 22.72% Clifford A. Greer

Service: 2 years 6 months 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 42,881 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Federal
27		 British Columbia
8 November 1965
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 25066(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
61
LIB
 1/5 18,669 43.54% +8,036 Loser:
NDP
 10,633 24.80% Norman Levi

Service: 2 years 7 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 40,106 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Federal
28		 British Columbia
25 June 1968
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 9911(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
63
LIB
 1/5 19,757 49.26% +10,236 Loser:
PC
 9,521 23.74% John A. Fraser

Service: 4 years 4 months 4 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 57,638 Votes: 44,367 Participation: 76.98% Candidacies: 6
Federal
29		 British Columbia
30 October 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 10168(F) — 5 Dec 2023 20:04 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
68		 Successor:
PC
 17,762 40.03% John A. Fraser

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Arthur Laing, P.C., M.P., Senator		 10 Feb 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Arthur Laing, C.P., député, sénateur		 10 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Arthur Laing		 10 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
Arthur Laing (homme politique)		 10 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
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