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♂ Dan Ashton
aliasDan Ashton
Record
1677 · 6182

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 In office
British Columbia
Opposition
 Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
British Columbia 3 0 3
Birth c. 1954
Age ± 70 years
First mandate 14 May 2013 → 10 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age ± 59 years
 
 
Special notes
None
 
Dan Ashton (c.1954– )
© Photo 2013 Province of British Columbia — licensed under CC BY 3.0
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
British Columbia 10 11 12 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
1 documented challenger
⊕ Richard J. Cannings  m 
 
 
Eligible: 43,483 Votes: 25,336 Participation: 58.27% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
40		 British Columbia
14 May 2013
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 8299(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:23 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±59
LIB
 1/4 11,536 45.85% +1,382 Loser:
NDP
 10,154 40.35% Richard J. Cannings

Service: 3 years 11 months 24 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 45,250 Votes: 27,508 Participation: 60.79% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
41		 British Columbia
9 May 2017
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
 NDP  29 Jun 2017
ID: 8354(F) — 4 Jul 2023 22:06 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±63
LIB
 1/3 14,470 52.80% +6,596 Loser:
NDP
 7,874 28.73% Tarik Sayeed
After his election:
29 Jun 2017 ±63
LIB
 →
NDP
 Change of government (became part of opposition)
Service: 3 years 5 months 14 days (Gov't & Oppo.)
Eligible: 48,525 Votes: 27,559 Participation: 56.79% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
42		 British Columbia
24 October 2020
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 35577(F) — 4 Jul 2023 18:01 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±66
LIB
 1/4 13,217 48.19% +2,874 Loser:
NDP
 10,343 37.71% Toni Boot
After his election:
12 Apr 2023 ±69
LIB
 →
BCU
 Changed allegiance (remained in opposition)
Service: 3 years 6 months 4 days (Oppo.)
Penticton-Summerland
Post-dated race
Provincial
43		 British Columbia
19 October 2024
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 39268(P) — 7 Apr 2024 10:20 ET
—
 Incumbent will not run in this election →
Age
±70		     Successor:
NDP

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
Dan Ashton		 04 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
Dan Ashton		 04 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  4 Feb 2024 21:19 (but data presented dynamically)

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