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♂ W. Gordon Ritchie
aliasW. Gordon Ritchie
Record
52796 · 45

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 80%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 4 1 5
Birth 27 September 1918 → 105 years + 7 months ago
Lived 80 years + 1 month
First mandate 25 June 1968 → 55 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 49 years + 8 months
Death 20 November 1998 → 25 years + 5 months ago
Exit → Death 18 years + 9 months after 17 February 1980
Special notes
None
 
W. Gordon Ritchie (1918–1998)
© Photo — 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 11 7 20

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
4 documented challengers
⊖ Laverne M. Lewycky  m  (2 runoffs)
⊕ Dean W. Whiteway  m 
 		 ⊖ William J. Ward  m 
⊖ Frederick S. Zaplitny  m 
 
Eligible: 22,198 Votes: 16,967 Participation: 76.43% Candidacies: 5
Federal
23		 Manitoba
10 June 1957
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 23995(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
38
PC
 2/5 3,463 20.60% -3,243 Winner:
CCF
 6,706 39.89% Frederick S. Zaplitny
Eligible: inc. Votes: 23,402 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
28		 Manitoba
25 June 1968
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 9915(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
49
PC
 1/4 8,701 37.18% +1,931 Loser:
LIB
 6,770 28.93% Raymond-J. Allard

Service: 4 years 4 months 4 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 33,729 Votes: 23,123 Participation: 68.56% Candidacies: 3
Federal
29		 Manitoba
30 October 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 10172(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
54
PC
 1/3 12,584 54.42% +6,350 Loser:
NDP
 6,234 26.96% Bernhard Dirauf

Service: 1 year 8 months 7 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 33,729 Votes: 24,482 Participation: 72.58% Candidacies: 3
Federal
30		 Manitoba
8 July 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10436(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
55
PC
 1/3 11,439 46.72% +3,696 Loser:
NDP
 7,743 31.63% Laverne M. Lewycky

Service: 4 years 10 months 13 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 37,233 Votes: 28,320 Participation: 76.06% Candidacies: 3
Federal
31		 Manitoba
22 May 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 4370(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
60
PC
 1/3 12,239 43.22% +469 Loser:
NDP
 11,770 41.56% Laverne M. Lewycky

Service: 8 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 37,233 Votes: 29,035 Participation: 77.98% Candidacies: 3
Federal
32		 Manitoba
18 February 1980
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4088(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
61		 Successor:
NDP
 12,960 44.81% Laverne M. Lewycky

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
William Gordon David Ritchie (1918-1998)		 11 Feb 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
William Gordon Ritchie, M.P.		 11 Feb 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
William Gordon Ritchie, député		 11 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Gordon Ritchie		 11 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 11 Feb 2024 21:18 (but data presented dynamically)

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