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♀ Ellen Louks Fairclough
aliasEllen Louks Fairclough
Record
19118 · 6593

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 71%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 5 2 7
Birth 28 January 1905 → 119 years + 3 months ago
Lived 99 years + 9 months
First mandate 15 May 1950 → 73 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 45 years + 3 months
Death 13 November 2004 → 19 years + 5 months ago
Exit → Death 41 years + 7 months after 7 April 1963
Special notes
None
 
Ellen Louks Fairclough (1905–2004)
© Photo c.1942–48 Arthur Roy — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
In the absence of John Diefenbaker, Fairclough was the acting prime minister from February 19 to 20, 1958, the first woman given this duty. She was one of very few Canadians to have the title of Right Honourable without having been prime minister, governor general or chief justice.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 12 10 18

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 23
PC
 1 Minister 52–53 21 Jun 1957 — 11 May 1958 0 10 20
2. CA 24
PC
 1 Minister 53–57 12 May 1958 — 08 Aug 1962 4 2 27
3. CA 25
PC
 1 Minister 57–58 09 Aug 1962 — 21 Apr 1963 0 8 12
 1. Secretary of State of Canada
 2. Citizenship and Immigration
 3. Post Office

Electoral history

Races 7  
Path points 7  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Colin W.G. Gibson  m 
⊖ John C. Munro  m 
 		 ⊖ Joseph A. Macaluso  m 
 
Eligible: 40,982 Votes: 28,645 Participation: 69.90% Candidacies: 3
Federal
21		 Ontario
27 June 1949
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23480(F) — 27 Jan 2022 16:51 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
44
PC
 2/3 9,252 32.66% -3,072 Winner:
LIB
 12,324 43.51% Colin W.G. Gibson
Eligible: 40,982 Votes: 18,845 Participation: 45.98% Candidacies: 3
Federal
21		 Ontario
15 May 1950
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23652(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
45
PC
 1/3 8,008 42.49% +406 Loser:
LIB
 7,602 40.34% Harold F. Lazier

Service: 3 years 2 months 25 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 45,262 Votes: 27,879 Participation: 61.59% Candidacies: 3
Federal
22		 Ontario
10 August 1953
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23781(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
48
PC
 1/3 13,016 47.47% +2,972 Loser:
LIB
 10,044 36.63% John P. O'Reilly

Service: 3 years 9 months 30 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 42,946 Votes: 31,292 Participation: 72.86% Candidacies: 3
Federal
23		 Ontario
10 June 1957
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24062(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
PC
 1/3 16,533 53.57% +6,569 Loser:
LIB
 9,964 32.29% John C. Munro

Service: 9 months 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 42,946 Votes: 30,699 Participation: 71.48% Candidacies: 3
Federal
24		 Ontario
31 March 1958
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 24328(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
PC
 1/3 19,863 64.70% +13,769 Loser:
LIB
 6,094 19.85% Dorothy J. Crewe

Service: 4 years 2 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 29,583 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
25		 Ontario
18 June 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24605(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
57
PC
 1/4 12,794 43.25% +1,747 Loser:
LIB
 11,047 37.34% Balys Bill Kronas

Service: 9 months 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 30,984 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Federal
26		 Ontario
8 April 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 24869(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
58
PC
 2/5 10,849 35.01% -2,852 Winner:
LIB
 13,701 44.22% Joseph A. Macaluso

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Right Hon. Ellen Louks Fairclough, P.C., C.C., O.Ont., F.C.A., M.P.		 12 Feb 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
La très hon. Ellen Louks Fairclough, C.P., C.C., O.Ont., F.C.A., députée		 12 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Ellen Fairclough		 12 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
Ellen Fairclough		 12 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 12 Feb 2024 00:23 (but data presented dynamically)

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