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♂ Thomas Rodney Berger
aliasThomas Rodney Berger
Record
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Swedish-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 1 2
British Columbia 1 3 4
Total 2 4 6
Birth 23 March 1933 → 91 years + 1 month ago
Lived 88 years + 1 month
First mandate 18 June 1962 → 61 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 29 years + 2 months
Death 28 April 2021 → 3 years ago
Exit → Death 51 years + 8 months after 26 August 1969
Special notes
None
 
Thomas Rodney Berger (1933–2021)
© Photo UBC via Parlinfo — 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 0 9 19
British Columbia 2 11 13 Z
TOTAL 3 9 2

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. BC 28–29
NDP
 1 Party leader 36–37 12 Apr 1969 — 05 Jun 1970 1 1 24
2. BC 28
NDP
 1 Opposition Leader 36 12 Apr 1969 — 26 Aug 1969 0 4 14

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 6  
9 documented challengers
⊖ S. Ronald Basford  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Alexander S. Matthew  m 
⊖ Raymond Parkinson  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Bert Price  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ John R. Taylor  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Eric C.F. Martin  m 
⊖ Harold J. Merilees  m 
⊖ Leslie R. Peterson  m 
⊖ Maurice Rush  m 
 
Eligible: 40,420 Votes: 41,237 Participation: 51.01% Candidacies: 10
Provincial
26		 British Columbia
12 September 1960
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 29911(F) — 13 Jan 2022 07:56 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
27
CFF
 3/10 6,530 32.06% -1,697 Winner:
SC
 8,227 40.39% Alexander S. Matthew
Eligible: inc. Votes: 29,148 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
25		 British Columbia
18 June 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24534(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
29
NDP
 1/4 9,173 31.47% +94 Loser:
LIB
 9,079 31.15% S. Ronald Basford

Service: 9 months 20 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 32,001 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Federal
26		 British Columbia
8 April 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 24798(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
30
NDP
 2/5 9,998 31.24% -2,050 Winner:
LIB
 12,048 37.65% S. Ronald Basford
Eligible: 49,768 Votes: 59,125 Participation: 59.40% Candidacies: 8
Provincial
27		 British Columbia
30 September 1963
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 29958(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
30
NDP
 3/8 10,345 35.27% -267 Winner:
SC
 10,612 36.18% Bert Price
Eligible: 36,000 Votes: 40,708 Participation: 56.54% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
28		 British Columbia
12 September 1966
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 30000(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
33
NDP
 1/6 9,849 48.77% +2,265 Loser:
SC
 7,584 37.56% Bert Price

Service: 2 years 11 months 14 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 42,959 Votes: 50,449 Participation: 58.72% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
29		 British Columbia
27 August 1969
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 30059(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent → (Party leader)
Age
36
NDP
 3/6 10,181 40.76% -279 Winner:
SC
 10,460 41.88% Bert Price

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Canadian Encyclopedia
Thomas Rodney Berger		 11 Feb 2024
FR Encyclopédie canadienne
Berger, Thomas Rodney		 11 Feb 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Thomas Rodney Berger, Q.C., O.C., O.B.C., M.P.		 11 Feb 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Thomas Rodney Berger, c.r., O.C., O.B.C., député		 11 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Thomas R. Berger		 11 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 17 Mar 2024 01:35 (but data presented dynamically)

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