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♂ Colin E. Bennett
aliasColin E. Bennett
Record
4071 · 6601

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 2 0 2
Birth 5 March 1908 → 116 years + 1 month ago
Lived 85 years + 1 month
First mandate 27 June 1949 → 74 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 41 years + 3 months
Death 30 April 1993 → 31 years ago
Exit → Death 35 years + 10 months after 9 June 1957
Special notes
None
 

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 7 11 11

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
1 documented challenger
⊖ W. Garfield Case  m  (2 runoffs)
 
 
Eligible: 23,711 Votes: 18,982 Participation: 80.06% Candidacies: 3
Federal
21		 Ontario
27 June 1949
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23475(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
41
LIB
 1/3 9,949 52.66% +2,360 Loser:
PC
 7,589 40.17% W. Garfield Case

Service: 4 years 1 month 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 23,343 Votes: 17,570 Participation: 75.27% Candidacies: 4
Federal
22		 Ontario
10 August 1953
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23776(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
LIB
 1/4 8,368 48.04% +1,075 Loser:
PC
 7,293 41.87% W. Garfield Case

Service: 3 years 9 months 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 23,125 Votes: 20,792 Participation: 89.91% Candidacies: 3
Federal
23		 Ontario
10 June 1957
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24057(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
49		 Successor:
PC
 12,240 59.41% Percy V. Noble

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Colin Emerson Bennett, Q.C.		 27 Jul 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Colin Emerson Bennett, c.r.		 27 Jul 2023
EN Wikipedia
Colin Emerson Bennett		 27 Jul 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 27 Jul 2023 12:59 (but data presented dynamically)

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