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♂ Walter Gilbert Dinsdale
aliasWalter Dinsdale
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 12 0 12
Birth 3 April 1916 → 108 years ago
Lived 66 years + 7 months
First mandate 25 June 1951 → 72 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 35 years + 2 months
Death 20 November 1982 → 41 years + 5 months ago
Died in office Yes
Special notes
None
 
Walter Gilbert Dinsdale (1916–1982)
© Photo 1980 House of Commons (Canada) — Fair trade
Family ties with other documented individuals
⊖ George Dinsdale (1887–1943) Father  
⊕ Rolf Dinsdale (c. 1966–) Son  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 31 4 15

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 24–25
PC
 1 Minister 44–47 11 Oct 1960 — 21 Apr 1963 2 6 10
2. CA 24
PC
 1 ✓ Minister 45 10 Oct 1961 — 27 Dec 1961 0 2 17
 1. Northern Affairs and National Resources
 2. Mines and Technical Surveys [Int]

Electoral history

Races 12  
Path points 13  
6 documented challengers
⊖ James A. Creighton  m 
⊖ John W. Gross  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Leslie V. Robson  m 
 		 ⊖ Hans Fries  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ J.W. Grant MacEwan  m 
⊕ Harry H. Van Mulligen  m 
 
Eligible: 27,489 Votes: 19,495 Participation: 70.92% Candidacies: 2
Federal
21		 Manitoba
25 June 1951
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23660(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
35
PC
 1/2 11,124 57.06% +2,753 Loser:
LIB
 8,371 42.94% J.W. Grant MacEwan

Service: 2 years 1 month 15 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 34,989 Votes: 24,145 Participation: 69.01% Candidacies: 4
Federal
22		 Manitoba
10 August 1953
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23708(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
37
PC
 1/4 13,915 58.05% +5,459 Loser:
LIB
 8,456 35.28% James A. Creighton

Service: 3 years 9 months 30 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 36,439 Votes: 28,389 Participation: 77.91% Candidacies: 4
Federal
23		 Manitoba
10 June 1957
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 23993(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
41
PC
 1/4 17,389 61.60% +11,558 Loser:
LIB
 5,831 20.65% Joseph F. O'Sullivan

Service: 9 months 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 36,439 Votes: 29,986 Participation: 82.29% Candidacies: 4
Federal
24		 Manitoba
31 March 1958
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 24259(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
41
PC
 1/4 22,185 73.98% +16,882 Loser:
LIB
 5,303 17.68% Kendric H. Williams

Service: 4 years 2 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 29,623 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
25		 Manitoba
18 June 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24536(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
46
PC
 1/4 17,813 60.13% +11,670 Loser:
LIB
 6,143 20.74% John C. Brown

Service: 9 months 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 29,930 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
26		 Manitoba
8 April 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 24800(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
PC
 1/4 18,100 60.47% +11,089 Loser:
LIB
 7,011 23.42% A.C. Hamilton

Service: 2 years 6 months 30 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 28,507 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
27		 Manitoba
8 November 1965
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 25069(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
49
PC
 1/4 15,554 54.56% +8,032 Loser:
LIB
 7,522 26.39% Harry George

Service: 2 years 7 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 29,054 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
28		 Manitoba
25 June 1968
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 9913(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
PC
 1/3 15,060 51.83% +5,097 Loser:
LIB
 9,963 34.29% James R. Bates

Service: 4 years 4 months 4 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 40,089 Votes: 29,582 Participation: 73.79% Candidacies: 4
Federal
29		 Manitoba
30 October 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 10170(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
56
PC
 1/4 17,923 60.59% +11,955 Loser:
LIB
 5,968 20.17% Gary Belecki

Service: 1 year 8 months 7 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 40,089 Votes: 28,768 Participation: 71.76% Candidacies: 4
Federal
30		 Manitoba
8 July 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10434(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
58
PC
 1/4 16,624 57.79% +10,636 Loser:
LIB
 5,988 20.81% John W. McRae

Service: 4 years 10 months 13 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 49,856 Votes: 36,277 Participation: 72.76% Candidacies: 4
Federal
31		 Manitoba
22 May 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 4368(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
63
PC
 1/4 19,108 52.67% +10,159 Loser:
NDP
 8,949 24.67% David Serle

Service: 8 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 49,856 Votes: 34,387 Participation: 68.97% Candidacies: 4
Federal
32		 Manitoba
18 February 1980
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4086(F) — 30 Jan 2022 11:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
63
PC
 1/4 16,098 46.87% +6,437 Loser:
LIB
 9,661 28.13% Joe Mullally
After his election:
20 Nov 1982 66
PC
 →
Vac.
 Died in office
Service: 2 years 9 months 2 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 49,856 Votes: 31,080 Participation: 62.34% Candidacies: 3
Federal
32		 Manitoba
24 May 1983
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10876(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
—
 Deceased
Age
66		 Successor:
PC
 19,330 62.19% Walter L.R. (Lee) Clark

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
Walter Gilbert Dinsdale (1916-1982)		 18 Apr 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Walter Gilbert Dinsdale, D.F.C., P.C.		 18 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Walter Gilbert Dinsdale, D.F.C., C.P.		 18 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Walter Dinsdale		 18 Apr 2024

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