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♂ Claude A. Sheppard
aliasClaude A. Sheppard
Record
56416 · 5828

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Newfoundland and Labrador 3 0 3
Birth 21 June 1916 → 107 years + 10 months ago
Lived 85 years + 3 months
First mandate 2 October 1956 → 67 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 40 years + 3 months
Death 7 October 2001 → 22 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 35 years + 1 month after 7 September 1966
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 9 11 3 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
Documented challenger
None
 
 
Eligible: 4,155 Votes: 2,918 Participation: 70.23% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
31		 Newfoundland and Labrador
2 October 1956
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 26088(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
40
LIB
 1/4 1,714 58.98% +1,107 Loser:
IND
 607 20.89% Frank Archibald

Service: 2 years 10 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,155 Votes: 2,656 Participation: 63.92% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
32		 Newfoundland and Labrador
20 August 1959
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 26126(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
LIB
 1/3 1,834 70.11% +1,131 Loser:
PC
 703 26.87% George Broomfield

Service: 3 years 2 months 29 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,562 Votes: 2,550 Participation: 55.90% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
33		 Newfoundland and Labrador
19 November 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 26161(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
46
LIB
 1/2 1,460 57.53% +382 Loser:
PC
 1,078 42.47% Harold Osborne

Service: 3 years 9 months 19 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,004 Votes: 3,077 Participation: 61.49% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
34		 Newfoundland and Labrador
8 September 1966
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 14604(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
50		 Successor:
LIB
 2,296 75.38% Alexander D. (Alec) Moores

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
Claude Sheppard		 22 Oct 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 22 Oct 2023 18:53 (but data presented dynamically)

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