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♂ Douglas Jung
aliasDouglas Jung
Record
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☆   Chinese-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 2 3 5
British Columbia 0 1 1
Total 2 4 6
Birth 25 February 1924 → 100 years + 2 months ago
Lived 77 years + 10 months
First mandate 10 June 1957 → 66 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 33 years + 3 months
Death 5 January 2002 → 22 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 39 years + 6 months after 17 June 1962
Special notes
None
 
Douglas Jung (1924–2002)
© Photo Vancouver Public Library — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
When Jung was first elected as the Progres­sive Con­ser­va­tive MP for Vancouver Centre, he became the first member of a visible minority elected to the Parliament of Canada. He had vowed not to join the Liberal Party of Canada because of its racist legislation in the past against the Chinese.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 5 0 5

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 6  
7 documented challengers
⊖ Ralph O. Campney  m 
⊖ Lyle S. Kristiansen  m 
⊖ Leslie R. Peterson  m 
⊖ Dorothy G. Steeves  f 
 		 ⊖ F. George J. Hahn  m 
⊖ John R. Nicholson  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Maurice Rush  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 41,323 Votes: 13,382 Participation: 32.38% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
24		 British Columbia
9 January 1956
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 29825(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
31
PC
 2/4 3,715 28.45% -2,392 Winner:
SC
 6,107 46.77% Leslie R. Peterson
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
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
33
PC
 1/5 9,087 41.50% +3,730 Loser:
LIB
 5,357 24.47% Ralph O. Campney

Service: 9 months 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 33,896 Votes: 22,863 Participation: 67.45% Candidacies: 5
Federal
24		 British Columbia
31 March 1958
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 24252(F) — 13 Jan 2022 07:56 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
34
PC
 1/5 14,044 61.43% +10,117 Loser:
LIB
 3,927 17.18% Lyon Ward

Service: 4 years 2 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 21,616 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Federal
25		 British Columbia
18 June 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24529(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
38
PC
 2/5 6,803 31.47% -894 Winner:
LIB
 7,697 35.61% John R. Nicholson
Eligible: inc. Votes: 24,081 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
26		 British Columbia
8 April 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 24793(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to Parliament
Age
39
PC
 2/4 7,353 30.53% -2,119 Winner:
LIB
 9,472 39.33% John R. Nicholson
Eligible: inc. Votes: 22,474 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Federal
27		 British Columbia
8 November 1965
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 25062(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to Parliament
Age
41
PC
 2/5 6,248 27.80% -2,760 Winner:
LIB
 9,008 40.08% John R. Nicholson

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Canadian Encyclopedia
Douglas Jung		 06 Mar 2024
FR Encyclopédie canadienne
Douglas Jung		 06 Mar 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Douglas Jung, C.M., C.D.		 06 Mar 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Douglas Jung, C.M., C.D.		 06 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Douglas Jung		 06 Mar 2024
FR Wikipédia
Douglas Jung		 06 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  6 Mar 2024 21:20 (but data presented dynamically)

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