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♀ Marion Sybil Bennett
aliasSybil Bennett
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 1 2
Birth 7 February 1904 → 120 years + 2 months ago
Lived 52 years + 9 months
First mandate 10 August 1953 → 70 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 49 years + 6 months
Death 12 November 1956 → 67 years + 5 months ago
Died in office Yes
Special notes
None
 
Marion Sybil Bennett (1904–1956)
© Photo 1930 — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
An Ontario Progressive Conservative, Bennett was the first woman elected to the Canadian Parliament to die while in office.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 3 3 2

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
1 documented challenger
⊖ E. Hughes Cleaver  m 
 
 
Eligible: 23,953 Votes: 19,626 Participation: 81.94% Candidacies: 3
Federal
21		 Ontario
27 June 1949
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23478(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
45
PC
 2/3 8,099 41.59% -1,447 Winner:
LIB
 9,546 49.02% E. Hughes Cleaver
Eligible: 28,882 Votes: 20,680 Participation: 71.60% Candidacies: 3
Federal
22		 Ontario
10 August 1953
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23779(F) — 27 Jan 2022 17:59 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
49
PC
 1/3 9,914 48.44% +1,182 Loser:
LIB
 8,732 42.67% Murray H. McPhail
After her election:
12 Nov 1956 52
PC
 →
Vac.
 Died in office
Service: 3 years 3 months 2 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 40,094 Votes: 30,724 Participation: 76.63% Candidacies: 3
Federal
23		 Ontario
10 June 1957
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24059(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
—
 Deceased
Age
52		 Successor:
PC
 17,795 58.76% C. Alexander (Sandy) Best

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Sybil Bennett, Q.C., M.P.		 15 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Sybil Bennett, c.r., députée		 15 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Sybil Bennett		 15 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 15 Apr 2024 22:00 (but data presented dynamically)

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