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♂ Blaine A. Thacker
aliasBlaine A. Thacker
Record
60599 · 772

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 4 0 4
Birth 11 January 1941 → 83 years + 3 months ago
Lived 79 years + 1 month
First mandate 22 May 1979 → 44 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 38 years + 4 months
Death 17 February 2020 → 4 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 26 years + 3 months after 24 October 1993
Special notes
None
 
Blaine A. Thacker (1941–2020)
© Photo 1988 House of Commons (Canada) — 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 14 5 0

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
Documented challenger
None
 
 
Eligible: 65,300 Votes: 41,590 Participation: 63.69% Candidacies: 5
Federal
31		 Alberta
22 May 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 4332(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
38
PC
 1/5 29,069 69.89% +21,724 Loser:
LIB
 7,345 17.66% Jim Gladstone

Service: 8 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 65,300 Votes: 39,927 Participation: 61.14% Candidacies: 6
Federal
32		 Alberta
18 February 1980
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4050(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
39
PC
 1/6 27,307 68.60% +20,425 Loser:
LIB
 6,882 17.29% Shaun G. Ward

Service: 4 years 6 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 70,090 Votes: 46,614 Participation: 66.51% Candidacies: 6
Federal
33		 Alberta
4 September 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3758(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
PC
 1/6 31,316 67.38% +24,494 Loser:
NDP
 6,822 14.68% Connie Credico

Service: 4 years 2 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 45,800 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Federal
34		 Alberta
21 November 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3463(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
PC
 1/5 26,750 58.41% +18,237 Loser:
LIB
 8,513 18.59% Robert Grbavac

Service: 4 years 11 months 3 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 71,132 Votes: 46,744 Participation: 65.71% Candidacies: 6
Federal
35		 Alberta
25 October 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3163(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
52		 Successor:
REF
 24,530 52.63% Raymond A. Speaker

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Blaine Allen Thacker, Q.C., M.P.		 25 Feb 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Blaine Allen Thacker, c.r., député		 25 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Blaine Thacker		 25 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 25 Feb 2024 01:21 (but data presented dynamically)

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