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♂ George A. Cruickshank
aliasGeorge A. Cruickshank
Record
13663 · 7604

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 3 1 4
Birth 13 February 1897 → 127 years + 2 months ago
Lived 73 years + 9 months
First mandate 26 March 1940 → 84 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age 43 years + 1 month
Death 17 November 1970 → 53 years + 5 months ago
Exit → Death 17 years + 3 months after 9 August 1953
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 13 4 12

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Harry J. Barber  m 
 		 ⊖ Alexander B. Patterson  m 
 
Eligible: 20,192 Votes: 15,726 Participation: 77.88% Candidacies: 3
Federal
19		 British Columbia
26 March 1940
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22880(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
43
LIB
 1/3 6,638 42.21% +427 Loser:
NATG
 6,211 39.50% Harry J. Barber

Service: 5 years 2 months 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 22,990 Votes: 19,108 Participation: 83.11% Candidacies: 3
Federal
20		 British Columbia
11 June 1945
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 23140(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
48
LIB
 1/3 7,629 39.93% +1,527 Loser:
PC
 6,102 31.93% Earl L. MacLeod

Service: 4 years 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 33,341 Votes: 22,854 Participation: 68.55% Candidacies: 3
Federal
21		 British Columbia
27 June 1949
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23401(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
LIB
 1/3 12,587 55.51% +7,014 Loser:
CCF
 5,573 24.58% Eric S. Flowerdew

Service: 4 years 1 month 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 35,689 Votes: 23,314 Participation: 65.33% Candidacies: 4
Federal
22		 British Columbia
10 August 1953
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23694(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
56
LIB
 2/4 9,318 40.34% -300 Winner:
SC
 9,618 41.64% Alexander B. Patterson

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
George Alexander Cruickshank, M.P.		 03 Aug 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
George Alexander Cruickshank, député		 03 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
George Cruickshank (Canadian politician)		 03 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  3 Aug 2023 17:03 (but data presented dynamically)

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