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♂ Douglas Ross Belsher
aliasDouglas Ross Belsher
Record
3995 · 641

Evangelical   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 2 1 3
Birth 19 January 1933 → 91 years + 3 months ago
Lived 70 years + 10 months
First mandate 4 September 1984 → 39 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 51 years + 7 months
Death 12 December 2003 → 20 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 10 years + 1 month after 24 October 1993
Special notes
None
 
Douglas Ross Belsher (1933–2003)
© Photo Don Young Photography via Parlinfo — 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 9 1 18

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
2 documented challengers
⊕ Ronald O. Gray  m 
 		 ⊕ Charles R. (Chuck) Strahl  m 
 
Eligible: 72,896 Votes: 53,670 Participation: 73.63% Candidacies: 4
Federal
33		 British Columbia
4 September 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3774(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
51
PC
 1/4 32,073 59.92% +19,294 Loser:
NDP
 12,779 23.87% David C. Menzies

Service: 4 years 2 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 42,879 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 6
Federal
34		 British Columbia
21 November 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3479(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
55
PC
 1/6 16,631 38.79% +4,620 Loser:
NDP
 12,011 28.01% Donald R. Olds

Service: 4 years 11 months 3 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 74,102 Votes: 51,321 Participation: 69.26% Candidacies: 9
Federal
35		 British Columbia
25 October 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3177(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
60
PC
 3/9 6,648 12.99% -16,846 Winner:
REF
 23,494 45.91% Charles R. (Chuck) Strahl

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Ross Belsher, M.P.		 26 Mar 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Ross Belsher, député		 26 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Ross Belsher		 26 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 26 Mar 2024 21:11 (but data presented dynamically)

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