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♂ Herman Maxwell Batten
aliasHerman Maxwell Batten
Record
3057 · 5780

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 86%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 6 1 7
Birth 4 August 1909 → 114 years + 8 months ago
Lived 82 years + 2 months
First mandate 10 August 1953 → 70 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 44 years
Death 17 October 1991 → 32 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 23 years + 3 months after 24 June 1968
Special notes
None
 
Herman Maxwell Batten (1909–1991)
© Photo 1966 House of Commons (Canada) — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 14 10 9

Electoral history

Races 7  
Path points 7  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Edward Finn  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ William J. Smith  m 
 		 ⊖ Jack Marshall  m 
 
Eligible: 27,357 Votes: 16,297 Participation: 59.57% Candidacies: 2
Federal
22		 Newfoundland and Labrador
10 August 1953
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23737(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
44
LIB
 1/2 12,526 77.62% +8,914 Loser:
PC
 3,612 22.38% Bertram Butler

Service: 3 years 9 months 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 28,324 Votes: 15,499 Participation: 54.72% Candidacies: 2
Federal
23		 Newfoundland and Labrador
10 June 1957
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24020(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
LIB
 1/2 10,272 66.91% +5,192 Loser:
PC
 5,080 33.09% Bertram Butler

Service: 9 months 20 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 28,324 Votes: 23,707 Participation: 83.70% Candidacies: 2
Federal
24		 Newfoundland and Labrador
31 March 1958
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 24286(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
48
LIB
 1/2 13,468 56.81% +3,229 Loser:
PC
 10,239 43.19% Thomas J. Cahill

Service: 4 years 2 months 17 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 24,971 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
25		 Newfoundland and Labrador
18 June 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24563(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
LIB
 1/3 12,771 51.14% +4,884 Loser:
PC
 7,887 31.58% William J. Smith

Service: 9 months 20 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 22,773 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
26		 Newfoundland and Labrador
8 April 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 24827(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
LIB
 1/3 13,605 59.74% +8,732 Loser:
NDP
 4,873 21.40% Edward Finn

Service: 2 years 6 months 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 22,063 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
27		 Newfoundland and Labrador
8 November 1965
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 25096(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
56
LIB
 1/2 13,855 62.80% +5,647 Loser:
PC
 8,208 37.20% James G. Tompkins

Service: 2 years 7 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 22,523 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
28		 Newfoundland and Labrador
25 June 1968
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 9941(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
58
LIB
 2/3 9,482 42.10% -283 Winner:
PC
 9,765 43.36% Jack Marshall

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Herman Maxwell Batten, M.P.		 20 Mar 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Herman Maxwell Batten, député		 20 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Herman Maxwell Batten		 20 Mar 2024

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