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♂ Nelson Andrew Riis
aliasNelson Andrew Riis
Record
52661 · 633

Lutheran   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 83%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 5 1 6
Birth 10 January 1942
Age 82 years + 3 months
First mandate 18 February 1980 → 44 years + 2 months ago
↳ at age 38 years + 1 month
 
Mandate ended 23 years + 5 months ago (26 November 2000)
Special notes
None
 
Nelson Andrew Riis (1942– )
© Photo 1997 House of Commons (Canada) — Fair trade
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
Canada 20 9 4

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 6  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Donald N. Cameron  m  (2 runoffs)
⊕ Kevin Krueger  m 
 		 ⊕ Betty Z. Hinton  f 
 
Eligible: 64,118 Votes: 45,843 Participation: 71.50% Candidacies: 4
Federal
32		 British Columbia
18 February 1980
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4066(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
38
NDP
 1/4 17,896 39.10% +1,850 Loser:
PC
 16,046 35.06% Donald N. Cameron

Service: 4 years 6 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 69,022 Votes: 56,555 Participation: 81.94% Candidacies: 7
Federal
33		 British Columbia
4 September 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3776(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
42
NDP
 1/7 30,512 54.08% +10,012 Loser:
PC
 20,500 36.33% Robert M. Latta

Service: 4 years 2 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 41,137 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 7
Federal
34		 British Columbia
21 November 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3481(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
46
NDP
 1/7 21,513 52.30% +8,185 Loser:
PC
 13,328 32.40% Russ Cundari

Service: 4 years 11 months 3 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 64,324 Votes: 44,439 Participation: 69.09% Candidacies: 9
Federal
35		 British Columbia
25 October 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3178(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
NDP
 1/9 16,063 36.28% +4,216 Loser:
REF
 11,847 26.76% Keith Raddatz

Service: 3 years 7 months 7 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 66,657 Votes: 44,872 Participation: 67.32% Candidacies: 5
Federal
36		 British Columbia
2 June 1997
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2877(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
55
NDP
 1/5 16,138 36.07% +1,894 Loser:
LIB
 14,244 31.83% Joel Groves

Service: 3 years 5 months 24 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 72,188 Votes: 48,638 Participation: 67.38% Candidacies: 5
Federal
37		 British Columbia
27 November 2000
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2574(F) — 30 Jun 2023 14:57 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
58
NDP
 2/5 13,600 28.03% -9,978 Winner:
CA
 23,578 48.59% Betty Z. Hinton

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Mr. Nelson Andrew Riis, M.P.		 11 Mar 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Monsieur Nelson Andrew Riis, député		 11 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Nelson Riis		 11 Mar 2024
FR Wikipédia
Nelson Riis		 11 Mar 2024

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