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♂ Olof Hanson
aliasOlof Hanson
Record
25911 · 7611

Swedish-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 3 0 3
Birth 3 June 1882 → 141 years + 11 months ago
Lived 70 years
First mandate 28 July 1930 → 93 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 48 years + 1 month
Death 4 June 1952 → 71 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death 6 years + 11 months after 10 June 1945
Special notes
None
 
Olof Hanson (1882–1952)
© Photo 1940 House of Commons (Canada) — 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 14 10 11

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
1 documented challenger
⊖ James C. Brady  m 
 
 
Eligible: 11,770 Votes: 9,678 Participation: 82.23% Candidacies: 2
Federal
17		 British Columbia
28 July 1930
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 22338(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
48
LIB
 1/2 5,351 55.29% +1,024 Loser:
LC
 4,327 44.71% James C. Brady

Service: 5 years 2 months 15 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 11,732 Votes: 8,260 Participation: 70.41% Candidacies: 3
Federal
18		 British Columbia
14 October 1935
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22610(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
LIB
 1/3 3,898 47.19% +1,287 Loser:
LC
 2,611 31.61% Joseph E. Panter

Service: 4 years 5 months 11 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 12,088 Votes: 9,442 Participation: 78.11% Candidacies: 4
Federal
19		 British Columbia
26 March 1940
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22886(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
57
LIB
 1/4 4,980 52.74% +2,135 Loser:
CCF
 2,845 30.13% George W. Weaver

Service: 5 years 2 months 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 14,646 Votes: 11,075 Participation: 75.62% Candidacies: 4
Federal
20		 British Columbia
11 June 1945
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 23146(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
63		 Successor:
CCF
 4,079 36.83% Harry G. Archibald

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Olof Hanson		 05 May 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Olof Hanson		 05 May 2024
EN Wikipedia
Olof Hanson (politician)		 05 May 2024
FR Wikipédia
Olof Hanson (homme politique)		 05 May 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  5 May 2024 20:05 (but data presented dynamically)

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