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♂ Michael Starr
aliasMichael Starr
Record
58667 · 6671

Ukranian-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 70%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 7 2 9
Ontario 0 1 1
Total 7 3 10
Birth 14 November 1910 → 113 years + 5 months ago
Lived 89 years + 4 months
First mandate 26 May 1952 → 71 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 41 years + 6 months
Death 16 March 2000 → 24 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 31 years + 8 months after 24 June 1968
Special notes
Born Michael Starchewsky
 
Michael Starr (1910–2000) 200x298
© Photo c.1945-1952 — Public domain
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 16 0 23

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 23–25
PC
 1 Minister 46–52 21 Jun 1957 — 21 Apr 1963 5 10 0
2. CA 27
PC
 1 ✓ Opposition Leader 56 09 Sep 1967 — 05 Nov 1967 0 1 27
 1. Labour

Electoral history

Races 10  
Path points 10  
4 documented challengers
⊖ J. Edward Broadbent  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Thomas D. Thomas  m 
 		 ⊖ Norman A. Cafik  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Walter C. Thomson  m 
 
Eligible: 42,498 Votes: 30,359 Participation: 71.44% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
24		 Ontario
22 November 1951
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 35150(F) — 24 Dec 2022 00:45 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
41
PC
 2/4 9,876 32.92% -2,178 Winner:
CCF
 12,054 40.17% Thomas D. Thomas
Eligible: 42,198 Votes: 29,830 Participation: 70.69% Candidacies: 3
Federal
21		 Ontario
26 May 1952
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23667(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
41
PC
 1/3 12,275 41.15% +3,184 Loser:
LIB
 9,091 30.48% John L. Lay

Service: 1 year 2 months 14 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 50,149 Votes: 30,033 Participation: 59.89% Candidacies: 4
Federal
22		 Ontario
10 August 1953
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23801(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
42
PC
 1/4 12,482 42.05% +1,197 Loser:
LIB
 11,285 38.02% John L. Lay

Service: 3 years 9 months 30 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 56,133 Votes: 43,666 Participation: 77.79% Candidacies: 3
Federal
23		 Ontario
10 June 1957
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24083(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
46
PC
 1/3 18,468 42.78% +4,662 Loser:
CCF
 13,806 31.98% W. John Naylor

Service: 9 months 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 56,133 Votes: 46,006 Participation: 81.96% Candidacies: 4
Federal
24		 Ontario
31 March 1958
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 24349(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
PC
 1/4 26,887 58.44% +16,039 Loser:
LIB
 10,848 23.58% Claude H. Vipond

Service: 4 years 2 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 54,158 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
25		 Ontario
18 June 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24626(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
PC
 1/4 23,158 42.76% +7,107 Loser:
LIB
 16,051 29.64% Norman A. Cafik

Service: 9 months 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 58,096 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
26		 Ontario
8 April 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 24890(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
PC
 1/3 22,902 39.42% +2,728 Loser:
LIB
 20,174 34.73% Norman A. Cafik

Service: 2 years 6 months 30 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 78,795 Votes: 61,195 Participation: 77.66% Candidacies: 4
Federal
27		 Ontario
8 November 1965
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 25159(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
54
PC
 1/4 22,752 37.61% +2,237 Loser:
LIB
 20,515 33.91% Claude H. Vipond

Service: 2 years 7 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 45,332 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
28		 Ontario
25 June 1968
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10001(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
57
PC
 2/3 15,209 33.55% -15 Winner:
NDP
 15,224 33.58% J. Edward Broadbent
Eligible: 67,654 Votes: 56,815 Participation: 83.98% Candidacies: 4
Federal
29		 Ontario
30 October 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 10256(F) — 28 Jun 2023 22:34 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to Parliament
Age
61
PC
 2/4 22,933 40.36% -824 Winner:
NDP
 23,757 41.81% J. Edward Broadbent

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Michael Starr, P.C., M.P.		 14 Nov 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Michael Starr, C.P., député		 14 Nov 2023
EN Wikipedia
Michael Starr (politician)		 14 Nov 2023
FR Wikipédia
Michael Starr (homme politique)		 14 Nov 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 14 Nov 2023 06:55 (but data presented dynamically)

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