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♂ Walter Edward Harris
aliasWalter Edward Harris
Record
26213 · 6571

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 80%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 4 1 5
Birth 14 January 1904 → 120 years + 3 months ago
Lived 94 years + 11 months
First mandate 26 March 1940 → 84 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age 36 years + 2 months
Death 10 January 1999 → 25 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 41 years + 7 months after 9 June 1957
Special notes
None
 
Walter Edward Harris (1904–1999)
© Photo 1953 House of Commons (Canada) — Public domain
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 17 2 10

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 21–22
LIB
 1 Minister 46–50 18 Jan 1950 — 30 Jun 1954 4 5 12
2. CA 21
LIB
 1 ✓ Minister 49 12 Jun 1953 — 16 Sep 1953 0 3 4
3. CA 22
LIB
 1 Minister 50–53 01 Jul 1954 — 20 Jun 1957 2 11 19
4. CA 22
LIB
 1 Minister 50–53 01 Jul 1954 — 20 Jun 1957 2 11 19
5. CA 22
LIB
 1 Minister 50–53 01 Jul 1954 — 20 Jun 1957 2 11 19
 1. Citizenship and Immigration
 2. Public Works [Int]
 3. Finance
 4. Receiver General [Finance]
 5. President of the Treasury Board [Finance]

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Agnes C. Macphail  f 
 		 ⊖ Eric A. Winkler  m 
 
Eligible: 23,385 Votes: 16,094 Participation: 68.82% Candidacies: 3
Federal
19		 Ontario
26 March 1940
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22955(F) — 10 Sep 2022 17:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
36
LIB
 1/3 6,389 39.70% +1,445 Loser:
NATG
 4,944 30.72% Karl D. Knechtel

Service: 5 years 2 months 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 22,066 Votes: 17,621 Participation: 79.86% Candidacies: 3
Federal
20		 Ontario
11 June 1945
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 23215(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
41
LIB
 1/3 8,912 50.58% +1,330 Loser:
PC
 7,582 43.03% John Grierson

Service: 4 years 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 22,691 Votes: 17,810 Participation: 78.49% Candidacies: 3
Federal
21		 Ontario
27 June 1949
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23476(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
LIB
 1/3 10,528 59.43% +4,477 Loser:
PC
 6,051 34.16% Frank D. Sawyer

Service: 4 years 1 month 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 22,219 Votes: 15,614 Participation: 70.27% Candidacies: 2
Federal
22		 Ontario
10 August 1953
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23777(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
49
LIB
 1/2 9,236 59.53% +2,957 Loser:
PC
 6,279 40.47% Rankin L. Carefoot

Service: 3 years 9 months 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 21,565 Votes: 18,446 Participation: 85.54% Candidacies: 2
Federal
23		 Ontario
10 June 1957
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24058(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
53
LIB
 2/2 7,606 41.53% -3,101 Winner:
PC
 10,707 58.47% Eric A. Winkler

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Walter Edward Harris, , P.C., Q.C.		 17 Mar 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Walter Edward Harris, , C.P., c.r.		 17 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Walter Edward Harris		 17 Mar 2024
FR Wikipédia
Walter Edward Harris		 17 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 17 Mar 2024 01:16 (but data presented dynamically)

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