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♂ George W. Clarke
aliasGeorge W. Clarke
Record
11373 · 4430

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 80%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Newfoundland and Labrador 4 1 5
Birth 23 October 1910 → 113 years + 6 months ago
Lived 89 years + 11 months
First mandate 2 October 1956 → 67 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 45 years + 11 months
Death 9 October 2000 → 23 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 28 years + 11 months after 27 October 1971
Special notes
None
 

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
Newfoundland and Labrador 15 0 21 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NL 32–34
LIB
 1 Speaker 51–61 16 Jan 1962 — 27 Oct 1971 9 9 11

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Augustus T. Rowe  m 
 
 
Eligible: 6,534 Votes: 3,880 Participation: 59.38% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
31		 Newfoundland and Labrador
2 October 1956
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 26082(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
45
LIB
 1/3 2,699 70.14% +1,647 Loser:
PC
 1,052 27.34% P. Wellington Crummey

Service: 2 years 10 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,534 Votes: 2,884 Participation: 44.14% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
32		 Newfoundland and Labrador
20 August 1959
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 26119(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
48
LIB
 1/2 2,359 82.63% +1,863 Loser:
UNP
 496 17.37% James Evans

Service: 3 years 2 months 29 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,409 Votes: 1,726 Participation: 50.63% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
33		 Newfoundland and Labrador
19 November 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 26154(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
LIB
 1/2 1,079 62.73% +438 Loser:
PC
 641 37.27% Walter Clarke

Service: 3 years 9 months 19 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,817 Votes: 2,504 Participation: 65.60% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
34		 Newfoundland and Labrador
8 September 1966
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 14597(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
55
LIB
 1/3 1,591 64.02% +1,036 Loser:
PC
 555 22.33% Joseph G. Noel

Service: 5 years 1 month 19 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,047 Votes: 3,627 Participation: 89.62% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
35		 Newfoundland and Labrador
28 October 1971
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 14639(F) — 6 Jul 2023 09:07 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
61
LIB
 2/2 1,765 49.06% -68 Winner:
PC
 1,833 50.94% Augustus T. Rowe

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
George W. Clarke (Newfoundland politician)		 02 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  2 Aug 2023 17:00 (but data presented dynamically)

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