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♀ Margaret McTavish Konantz
aliasMargaret Konantz
Record
32334 · 6682

☆   Anglican   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 2 3
Birth 30 April 1899 → 124 years + 11 months ago
Lived 68 years
First mandate 8 April 1963 → 61 years + 21 days ago
↳ at age 63 years + 11 months
Death 11 May 1967 → 56 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death 1 year + 6 months after 7 November 1965
Special notes
None
 
Margaret McTavish Konantz (1899–1967)
© Photo — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
A Liberal, Konantz was the first woman from Manitoba elected to the Canadian Parliament. She served only one term (Winnipeg South, 1963–1965).
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 2 7 0

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
4 documented challengers
⊖ Gordon C. Chown  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Louis R. (Bud) Sherman  m 
 		 ⊕ Sidney Green  m 
⊖ Lloyd C. Stinson  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 52,921 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
25		 Manitoba
18 June 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24548(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
63
LIB
 2/4 21,351 40.35% -392 Winner:
PC
 21,743 41.09% Gordon C. Chown
Eligible: inc. Votes: 56,165 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
26		 Manitoba
8 April 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 24812(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
63
LIB
 1/4 24,467 43.56% +2,151 Loser:
PC
 22,316 39.73% Gordon C. Chown

Service: 2 years 6 months 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 43,972 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
27		 Manitoba
8 November 1965
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 25081(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
66
LIB
 2/2 20,396 46.38% -3,180 Winner:
PC
 23,576 53.62% Louis R. (Bud) Sherman

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
Margaret MacTavish Rogers Konantz (1899-1967)		 21 Apr 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Margaret McTavish Konantz, O.B.E., M.P.		 21 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Margaret McTavish Konantz, O.B.E., députée		 21 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Margaret Konantz		 21 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 21 Apr 2024 15:32 (but data presented dynamically)

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