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♂ Ralph Sultan
aliasRalph Sultan
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 100%
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British Columbia 5 0 5
Birth 6 June 1933
Age 90 years + 10 months
First mandate 16 May 2001 → 22 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 67 years + 11 months
 
Mandate ended 3 years + 6 months ago (23 October 2020)
Special notes
None
 
Ralph Sultan (1933– )
© Photo 2013 Province of British Columbia — licensed under CC BY 3.0
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
Sultan, a British Columbia Liberal, was 83 years old when he was elected for the fifth time in 2017, making him the oldest person to be elected in that province's history.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
British Columbia 19 5 4 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
1 documented challenger
⊖ C. Jeremy Dalton  m 
 
 
Eligible: 29,577 Votes: 21,493 Participation: 72.67% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
37		 British Columbia
16 May 2001
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 8080(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:23 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
67
LIB
 1/5 15,556 72.69% +12,624 Loser:
GRN
 2,932 13.70% Nora Gambioli

Service: 4 years (Gov't)
Eligible: 32,668 Votes: 21,605 Participation: 66.14% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
38		 British Columbia
17 May 2005
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 8164(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:23 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
71
LIB
 1/5 14,665 68.27% +10,765 Loser:
NDP
 3,900 18.15% Terry Platt

Service: 3 years 11 months 24 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 39,288 Votes: 22,772 Participation: 57.96% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
39		 British Columbia
12 May 2009
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 8244(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:23 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
75
LIB
 1/6 15,292 67.48% +12,001 Loser:
NDP
 3,291 14.52% Terry Platt

Service: 4 years 1 day (Gov't)
Eligible: 39,246 Votes: 23,732 Participation: 60.47% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
40		 British Columbia
14 May 2013
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 8335(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:23 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
79
LIB
 1/5 15,776 67.03% +10,509 Loser:
NDP
 5,267 22.38% Terry Platt

Service: 3 years 11 months 24 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 38,294 Votes: 23,957 Participation: 62.56% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
41		 British Columbia
9 May 2017
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
 NDP  29 Jun 2017
ID: 8407(F) — 4 Jul 2023 23:15 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
83
LIB
 1/3 13,596 57.15% +7,974 Loser:
NDP
 5,622 23.63% Mehdi Russel
After his election:
29 Jun 2017 84
LIB
 →
NDP
 Change of government (became part of opposition)
Service: 3 years 5 months 14 days (Gov't & Oppo.)
Eligible: 40,857 Votes: 24,006 Participation: 58.76% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
42		 British Columbia
24 October 2020
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 35615(F) — 4 Jul 2023 18:14 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
87		 Successor:
LIB
 12,734 53.55% Karin Kirkpatrick

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Ralph Sultan		 18 Apr 2024

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