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♂ John Roderick Dahmer
aliasJohn Dahmer
Record
14170 · 783

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 0 1
Birth 5 September 1937 → 86 years + 7 months ago
Lived 51 years + 2 months
First mandate 21 November 1988 → 35 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 51 years + 2 months
Death 26 November 1988 → 35 years + 5 months ago
Died in office Yes
Special notes
None
 
John Roderick Dahmer (1937–1988)
© Photo 1988 House of Commons (Canada) — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
Less than a month before federal election day in 1988, Dahmer, a Progressive Conservative from Alberta, was admitted to hospital with symptoms that resembled adult onset type two diabetes. However, it turned out to be advanced pancreatic cancer. Given that he died five days after being elected, he holds the record of the shortest term for a Canadian MP.
 

Length of service in elected office

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

Electoral history

Race 1  
Path points 2  
1 documented challenger
⊕ Deborah C. Grey  f 
 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 31,077 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Federal
34		 Alberta
21 November 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3448(F) — 30 Jan 2022 15:56 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
51
PC
 1/5 13,768 44.30% +7,240 Loser:
LIB
 6,528 21.01% E.J. Ernie Sehn
After his election:
26 Nov 1988 51
PC
 →
Vac.
 Died in office
Service: 5 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 22,903 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
34		 Alberta
13 March 1989
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 10855(F) — 30 Jan 2022 17:09 ET
—
 Deceased
Age
51		 Successor:
REF
 11,154 48.70% Deborah C. Grey

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
John Dahmer		 11 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
John Dahmer		 11 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
John Dahmer		 11 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
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