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♀ Gladys Grace Mae Strum
aliasGladys Strum
Record
59466 · 6573

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 29%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 2 3
Saskatchewan 1 3 4
Total 2 5 7
Birth 4 February 1906 → 118 years + 2 months ago
Lived 99 years + 6 months
First mandate 11 June 1945 → 78 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 39 years + 4 months
Death 15 August 2005 → 18 years + 8 months ago
Exit → Death 41 years + 3 months after 21 April 1964
Special notes
None
 
Gladys Grace Mae Strum (1906–2005)
© Photo 1945 House of Commons (Canada) — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
Strum, a Saskatchewan social democrat, was the mother of 11 children. Only her daughter Carol Elaine was her biological child; the others were refugees: two adopted from Spain, and eight from Czechoslovakia.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 4 0 15
Saskatchewan 3 10 13 Z
TOTAL 7 10 28

Electoral history

Races 7  
Path points 7  
19 documented challengers
⊖ Lewis M. Brand  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Buda H. Brown  f 
⊖ Morris T. Cherneskey  m 
⊖ Clarence L.B. Estey  m 
⊖ Ramon J. Hnatyshyn  m 
⊖ J. Lorne MacDougall  m 
⊖ Maria M. (Sally) Merchant  f 
⊖ William J. Patterson  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Herbert C. Pinder  m 
⊖ Arthur T. Stone  m 
 		 ⊖ J. Edward Brockelbank  m 
⊖ J. Jeffrey Charlebois  m 
⊖ Austin E. Dewar  m 
⊖ Robert A. Heggie  m 
⊖ Harry D. Link  m 
⊖ Andrew G.L. McNaughton  m 
⊖ Alexander M. Nicholson  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Ernest E. Perley  m 
⊖ Wesley A. Robbins  m 
 
Eligible: 8,948 Votes: 7,950 Participation: 88.85% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
9		 Saskatchewan
8 June 1938
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31576(F) — 13 Oct 2021 11:41 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
32
CCF
 2/2 3,477 43.74% -996 Winner:
LIB
 4,473 56.26% William J. Patterson
Eligible: inc. Votes: 7,101 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
10		 Saskatchewan
15 June 1944
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CCF  Majority
ID: 31630(F) — 13 Oct 2021 11:42 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
38
CCF
 2/3 3,204 45.12% -6 Winner:
LIB
 3,210 45.20% William J. Patterson
Eligible: 17,795 Votes: 16,432 Participation: 92.34% Candidacies: 3
Federal
20		 Saskatchewan
11 June 1945
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 23353(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
39
CCF
 1/3 6,146 37.40% +731 Loser:
PC
 5,415 32.95% Ernest E. Perley

Service: 4 years 15 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 23,430 Votes: 20,270 Participation: 86.51% Candidacies: 3
Federal
21		 Saskatchewan
27 June 1949
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23614(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
43
CCF
 2/3 7,629 37.83% -1,388 Winner:
LIB
 9,017 44.72% Austin E. Dewar
Eligible: 43,874 Votes: 26,196 Participation: 59.71% Candidacies: 5
Federal
22		 British Columbia
10 August 1953
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23705(F) — 27 Jan 2022 17:41 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to Parliament
Age
47
CCF
 3/5 5,010 19.25% -4,025 Winner:
LIB
 9,035 34.72% J. Lorne MacDougall
Eligible: 50,300 Votes: 110,428 Participation: 73.18% Candidacies: 12
Provincial
14		 Saskatchewan
8 June 1960
General
Plurality-at-large (3)
Gov't  CCF  Majority
ID: 31871(F) — 26 Mar 2024 21:30 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
54
CCF
 3/12 15,782 42.88% +4,200 Loser:
LIB
 11,582 31.47% Herbert C. Pinder
After her election:
3 Aug 1961 55
CCF
 →
NCCF
 Changed allegiance (remained in government)
Service: 3 years 10 months 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 53,447 Votes: 213,372 Participation: 79.84% Candidacies: 15
Provincial
15		 Saskatchewan
22 April 1964
General
Plurality-at-large (5)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31924(F) — 25 Sep 2022 12:10 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
58
NCCF
 7/15 15,741 36.89% -300 Winner:
NCCF
 16,041 37.59% Harry D. Link

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Gladys Grace Mae Strum, M.P.		 18 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Gladys Grace Mae Strum, député		 18 Apr 2024
EN Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, SELD: Members of the Legislative Assembly
Strum, Gladys Grace Mae 1906 – 2005 (p. 36)		 18 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Gladys Strum		 18 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Gladys Strum		 18 Apr 2024

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