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♀ Margaret L. Bridgman
aliasMargaret L. Bridgman
Record
7186 · 684

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 0 1
British Columbia 0 1 1
Total 1 1 2
Birth 10 January 1940 → 84 years + 3 months ago
Lived 68 years + 11 months
First mandate 25 October 1993 → 30 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 53 years + 9 months
Death 4 January 2009 → 15 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 11 years + 7 months after 1 June 1997
Special notes
None
 
Margaret L. Bridgman (1940–2009)
© Photo 1994 House of Commons (Canada) — Fair trade
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 3 7 6

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
2 documented challengers
⊕ Tony Bhullar  m 
 		 ⊕ James C. Karpoff  m 
 
Eligible: 96,255 Votes: 60,961 Participation: 63.33% Candidacies: 9
Federal
35		 British Columbia
25 October 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3196(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
53
REF
 1/9 22,390 36.94% +6,413 Loser:
LIB
 15,977 26.36% Prem S. Vinning

Service: 3 years 7 months 7 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 56,970 Votes: 34,757 Participation: 61.01% Candidacies: 10
Federal
36		 British Columbia
2 June 1997
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2896(F) — 30 Jun 2023 23:52 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
57		 Successor:
REF
 16,158 46.80% Charles Cadman
Eligible: 20,974 Votes: 13,741 Participation: 65.51% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
37		 British Columbia
16 May 2001
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 8062(F) — 25 Jul 2023 19:36 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
61
RP
 5/6 431 3.16% -6,319 Winner:
LIB
 6,750 49.45% Tony Bhullar

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Ms. Margaret Bridgman, M.P.		 11 Feb 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Madame Margaret Bridgman, députée		 11 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Margaret Bridgman		 11 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 11 Feb 2024 17:10 (but data presented dynamically)

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