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♂ Ralph O. Campney
aliasRalph O. Campney
Record
9248 · 7623

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 2 2 4
Birth 6 June 1894 → 129 years + 10 months ago
Lived 73 years + 4 months
First mandate 27 June 1949 → 74 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 55 years
Death 6 October 1967 → 56 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 10 years + 3 months after 9 June 1957
Special notes
None
 
Ralph O. Campney (1894–1967)
© Photo c.1945 Arthur Roy — 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 7 11 11

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 21–22
LIB
 1 Minister 58–59 15 Oct 1952 — 11 Jan 1954 1 2 27
2. CA 22
LIB
 1 Minister 60–63 01 Jul 1954 — 20 Jun 1957 2 11 19
 1. Solicitor General
 2. National Defence

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
5 documented challengers
⊖ Douglas Jung  m 
⊖ Maurice Rush  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Rodney J. Young  m  (3 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Leslie R. Peterson  m 
⊖ Henry H. Stevens  m 
 
Eligible: 46,908 Votes: 21,831 Participation: 46.54% Candidacies: 3
Federal
20		 British Columbia
8 June 1948
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23373(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
54
LIB
 2/3 7,348 33.66% -2,170 Winner:
CCF
 9,518 43.60% Rodney J. Young
Eligible: 39,201 Votes: 24,509 Participation: 62.52% Candidacies: 5
Federal
21		 British Columbia
27 June 1949
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23408(F) — 13 Jan 2022 07:56 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
55
LIB
 1/5 10,299 42.56% +3,917 Loser:
CCF
 6,382 26.37% Rodney J. Young

Service: 4 years 1 month 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 35,263 Votes: 20,421 Participation: 57.91% Candidacies: 5
Federal
22		 British Columbia
10 August 1953
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23701(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
59
LIB
 1/5 8,259 40.83% +3,313 Loser:
SC
 4,946 24.45% Leslie R. Peterson

Service: 3 years 9 months 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 33,896 Votes: 22,159 Participation: 65.37% Candidacies: 5
Federal
23		 British Columbia
10 June 1957
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 23986(F) — 13 Jan 2022 07:56 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
63
LIB
 2/5 5,357 24.47% -3,730 Winner:
PC
 9,087 41.50% Douglas Jung

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Ralph Osborne Campney, P.C., M.P.		 10 Mar 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Ralph Osborne Campney, C.P., député		 10 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Ralph Campney		 10 Mar 2024
FR Wikipédia
Ralph Campney		 10 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 10 Mar 2024 19:26 (but data presented dynamically)

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