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♂ Douglas Mason Fisher
aliasDoug Fisher
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 80%
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Canada 4 1 5
Birth 19 September 1919 → 104 years + 7 months ago
Lived 89 years + 11 months
First mandate 10 June 1957 → 66 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 37 years + 8 months
Death 18 September 2009 → 14 years + 7 months ago
Exit → Death 43 years + 10 months after 7 November 1965
Special notes
None
 
Douglas Mason Fisher (1919–2009)
© Photo 1957 House of Commons (Canada) — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
Fisher was the CCF MP for Port Arthur from 1957 to 1965. Nearly 44 years after the end of his last term, he died one day short of his 90th birthday. He was one of the very few CCF members elected during the Diefenbaker era, and he opposed his party's rebranding to the NDP. However, when it was a fait accompli, he ran and won twice under that new banner.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 8 4 25

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Clarence D. (C.D.) Howe  m 
 		 ⊖ James E. Walker  m 
 
Eligible: 38,829 Votes: 28,675 Participation: 73.85% Candidacies: 3
Federal
23		 Ontario
10 June 1957
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24092(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
37
CCF
 1/3 12,228 43.21% +1,415 Loser:
LIB
 10,813 38.21% Clarence D. (C.D.) Howe

Service: 9 months 20 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 38,829 Votes: 31,475 Participation: 81.06% Candidacies: 3
Federal
24		 Ontario
31 March 1958
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 24358(F) — 28 Jun 2023 11:59 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
38
CCF
 1/3 12,217 38.81% +2,002 Loser:
PC
 10,215 32.45% Norman R. Wilson
After his election:
3 Aug 1961 41
CCF
 →
NDP
 Changed allegiance (remained in opposition)
Service: 4 years 2 months 17 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 34,935 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Federal
25		 Ontario
18 June 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24635(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
42
NDP
 1/5 13,437 38.46% +1,935 Loser:
LIB
 11,502 32.92% David W. Morgan

Service: 9 months 20 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 35,589 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
26		 Ontario
8 April 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 24899(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
NDP
 1/3 16,141 45.35% +3,009 Loser:
LIB
 13,132 36.90% Saul Laskin

Service: 2 years 6 months 30 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 44,998 Votes: 35,340 Participation: 78.54% Candidacies: 3
Federal
27		 Ontario
8 November 1965
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 25168(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
46		 Successor:
LIB
 14,706 41.95% Robert K. Andras
Eligible: inc. Votes: 47,276 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
28		 Ontario
25 June 1968
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10038(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to Parliament
Age
48
NDP
 2/3 14,714 31.12% -12,044 Winner:
LIB
 26,758 56.60% James E. Walker

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Douglas Mason Fisher, M.P.		 14 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Douglas Mason Fisher, député		 14 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Doug Fisher (politician)		 14 Apr 2024

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