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♂ Reginald F. Sparkes
aliasReginald F. Sparkes
Record
58121 · 5818

Anglican   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Newfoundland and Labrador 2 0 2
Birth 27 June 1906 → 117 years + 10 months ago
Lived 83 years + 6 months
First mandate 27 May 1949 → 74 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 42 years + 11 months
Death 5 January 1990 → 34 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 33 years + 3 months after 1 October 1956
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 7 4 4 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NL 29–30
LIB
 1 Speaker 42–50 27 May 1949 — 01 Oct 1956 7 4 4

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
Documented challenger
None
 
 
Eligible: 3,755 Votes: 2,809 Participation: 74.81% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
29		 Newfoundland and Labrador
27 May 1949
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 26039(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
42
LIB
 1/2 2,588 93.16% +2,398 Loser:
PC
 190 6.84% George Whiteley

Service: 2 years 5 months 29 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,755 Votes: 2,697 Participation: 71.82% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
30		 Newfoundland and Labrador
26 November 1951
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 26070(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
LIB
 1/2 2,421 90.74% +2,174 Loser:
PC
 247 9.26% Roland Roberts

Service: 4 years 10 months 5 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,154 Votes: 2,752 Participation: 66.25% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
31		 Newfoundland and Labrador
2 October 1956
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 26095(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
50		 Successor:
LIB
 2,187 79.64% James R. Chalker

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
Reginald Ford Sparkes		 23 Oct 2023
EN Wikipedia
Reginald F. Sparkes		 23 Oct 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 23 Oct 2023 20:15 (but data presented dynamically)

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