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♂ David Barrett
aliasDavid Barrett
Record
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Russian-Canadian    Judaism   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 82%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 1 2
British Columbia 8 1 9
Total 9 2 11
Birth 2 October 1930 → 93 years + 6 months ago
Lived 87 years + 4 months
First mandate 12 September 1960 → 63 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 29 years + 11 months
Death 2 February 2018 → 6 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 24 years + 3 months after 24 October 1993
Special notes
None
 
David Barrett (1930–2018)
© Photo Legislative Assembly, British Columbia — 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 4 11 2
British Columbia 23 2 19 Z
TOTAL 28 1 21

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. BC 29–33
NDP
 1 Party leader 39–53 06 Jun 1970 — 19 May 1984 13 11 13
2. BC 29
NDP
 1 Opposition Leader 39–41 06 Jun 1970 — 29 Aug 1972 2 2 23
3. BC 30
NDP
 1 Premier 41–45 30 Aug 1972 — 10 Dec 1975 3 3 10
4. BC 31–33
NDP
 2 Opposition Leader 45–53 04 Jun 1976 — 19 May 1984 7 11 15

Electoral history

Races 11  
Path points 12  
6 documented challengers
⊖ Anne Boylan  f 
⊕ Louis J. Lesosky  m  (2 runoffs)
⊕ Keith P. Martin  m 
 		 ⊕ George H. Kerster  m 
⊖ Alexander B. Macdonald  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Lyle Wicks  m 
 
Eligible: 35,261 Votes: 29,304 Participation: 83.11% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
26		 British Columbia
12 September 1960
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 29885(F) — 4 Mar 2022 13:21 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
29
CFF
 1/5 12,637 43.73% +1,924 Loser:
SC
 10,713 37.07% Lyle Wicks

Service: 3 years 17 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 38,638 Votes: 27,965 Participation: 72.38% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
27		 British Columbia
30 September 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 29930(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
32
NDP
 1/4 11,625 41.95% +1,119 Loser:
SC
 10,506 37.91% Richard E. Lester

Service: 2 years 11 months 12 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 24,322 Votes: 17,395 Participation: 71.52% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
28		 British Columbia
12 September 1966
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 29974(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
35
NDP
 1/3 9,517 55.20% +3,452 Loser:
SC
 6,065 35.18% René J. Gamache

Service: 2 years 11 months 14 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 39,292 Votes: 27,374 Participation: 69.67% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
29		 British Columbia
27 August 1969
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 30027(F) — 4 Mar 2022 19:31 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
38
NDP
 1/3 12,948 47.67% +4,753 Loser:
SC
 8,195 30.17% Poul E. Hansen

Service: 3 years 2 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 48,749 Votes: 34,056 Participation: 69.86% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
30		 British Columbia
30 August 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 30075(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
41
NDP
 1/4 19,374 57.28% +12,014 Loser:
SC
 7,360 21.76% John E.M. Robinson

Service: 3 years 3 months 10 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 56,320 Votes: 39,565 Participation: 70.25% Candidacies: 7
Provincial
31		 British Columbia
11 December 1975
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 30125(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent → (Party leader)
Age
45
NDP
 2/7 18,663 47.55% -18 Winner:
SC
 18,681 47.60% George H. Kerster
Eligible: 46,426 Votes: 28,823 Participation: 62.08% Candidacies: 7
Provincial
31		 British Columbia
3 June 1976
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 30163(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus (Party leader)
Age
45
NDP
 1/7 19,997 70.23% +12,974 Loser:
SC
 7,023 24.66% Ralph H. Long

Service: 2 years 11 months 6 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 56,425 Votes: 67,302 Participation: 59.64% Candidacies: 7
Provincial
32		 British Columbia
10 May 1979
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 30205(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
48
NDP
 1/7 21,836 65.90% +10,979 Loser:
SC
 10,857 32.77% Helen D. Boyce

Service: 3 years 11 months 24 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 50,982 Votes: 70,632 Participation: 69.27% Candidacies: 7
Provincial
33		 British Columbia
5 May 1983
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 35826(F) — 4 Mar 2022 22:26 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
52
NDP
 1/7 22,117 62.63% +10,092 Loser:
SC
 12,025 34.05% William J. McMartin
After his election:
1 Jun 1984 53
NDP
 →
Vac.
 Left provincial politics
Service: 1 year 27 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 50,982 Votes: 23,530 Participation: 46.15% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
33		 British Columbia
8 November 1984
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 35834(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
54		 Successor:
NDP
 12,857 55.50% Robert A. Williams
Eligible: inc. Votes: 44,469 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Federal
34		 British Columbia
21 November 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3478(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
58
NDP
 1/8 22,644 50.92% +11,482 Loser:
PC
 11,162 25.10% Owen Lippert

Service: 4 years 11 months 3 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 70,662 Votes: 46,506 Participation: 65.81% Candidacies: 8
Federal
35		 British Columbia
25 October 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3176(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
63
NDP
 2/8 12,600 27.19% -3,752 Winner:
REF
 16,352 35.29% Keith P. Martin

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Canadian Encyclopedia
Dave Barrett		 11 Feb 2024
FR Encyclopédie canadienne
Dave Barrett		 11 Feb 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
David Barrett, O.C., O.B.C., M.P.		 11 Feb 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
David Barrett, O.C., O.B.C., député		 11 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Dave Barrett		 11 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
Dave Barrett		 11 Feb 2024

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