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♂ Arthur Johnson Dixon
aliasArthur Dixon
Record
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Christian Science   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 60%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 2 2
Alberta 6 2 8
Total 6 4 10
Birth 1 December 1919 → 104 years + 5 months ago
Lived 87 years + 2 months
First mandate 5 August 1952 → 71 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 32 years + 8 months
Death 5 February 2007 → 17 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 31 years + 10 months after 25 March 1975
Special notes
None
 
Arthur Johnson Dixon (1919–2007)
© Photo Legislative Assembly, Alberta — 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
Alberta 22 7 13 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. AB 14–16
SC
 1 Speaker 43–52 26 Mar 1963 — 01 Mar 1972 8 11 4

Electoral history

Races 10  
Path points 10  
15 documented challengers
⊖ Paul R. Brecken  m  (2 runoffs)
⊕ C. Joseph (Joe) Clark  m 
⊖ Thomas C. Donnelly  m 
⊖ Howard B. Macdonald  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ J.W. Grant MacEwan  m 
⊖ Melvin E. Shannon  m 
⊖ Arthur R. Smith  m 
⊖ Arthur H. Wray  m 
 		 ⊕ David J. Carter  m 
⊖ Frederick C. Colborne  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Aylmer J.E. Liesemer  m 
⊖ Hugh J. MacDonald  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Carl O. Nickle  m 
⊖ Arthur L. Smith  m 
⊖ Rosamond (Rose) E. Wilkinson  f  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 38,231 Votes: 27,054 Participation: 70.76% Candidacies: 3
Federal
21		 Alberta
27 June 1949
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23387(F) — 27 Jan 2022 14:30 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
29
SC
 3/3 6,785 25.26% -4,672 Winner:
PC
 11,457 42.65% Arthur L. Smith
Eligible: 38,231 Votes: 22,599 Participation: 59.11% Candidacies: 3
Federal
21		 Alberta
10 December 1951
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23664(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
32
SC
 3/3 5,489 24.29% -5,197 Winner:
PC
 10,686 47.29% Carl O. Nickle
Eligible: 91,289 Votes: 43,367 Participation: 47.51% Candidacies: 25
Provincial
12		 Alberta
5 August 1952
General
Single trans. vote (6)
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 28007(F) — 28 Jul 2023 19:08 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
32
SC
 5/25 2,677 6.42% -250 Loser:
ILAB
 2,927 7.02% D.F. McIntosh

Service: 2 years 10 months 23 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 106,609 Votes: 64,660 Participation: 60.65% Candidacies: 23
Provincial
13		 Alberta
29 June 1955
General
Single trans. vote (6)
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 28059(F) — 28 Jul 2023 19:08 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
35
SC
 6/23 4,566 7.31% -468 Loser:
CONS
 5,034 8.06% Paul R. Brecken

Service: 3 years 11 months 19 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 17,299 Votes: 8,462 Participation: 48.92% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
14		 Alberta
18 June 1959
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 28160(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
39
SC
 1/4 5,643 67.11% +4,106 Loser:
PC
 1,537 18.28% Ernest Starr

Service: 3 years 11 months 29 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 21,575 Votes: 9,356 Participation: 43.37% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
15		 Alberta
17 June 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 28187(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
SC
 1/3 5,661 60.79% +3,132 Loser:
LIB
 2,529 27.16% Howard G. Cook

Service: 3 years 11 months 5 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 21,159 Votes: 12,934 Participation: 61.13% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
16		 Alberta
23 May 1967
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 13116(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
SC
 1/4 5,401 41.95% +461 Loser:
PC
 4,940 38.37% C. Joseph (Joe) Clark

Service: 4 years 3 months 6 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 15,182 Votes: 9,312 Participation: 61.34% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
17		 Alberta
30 August 1971
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 13046(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
SC
 1/4 4,539 49.29% +1,566 Loser:
PC
 2,973 32.29% Norman Kwan

Service: 3 years 6 months 25 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 17,394 Votes: 8,649 Participation: 49.72% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
18		 Alberta
26 March 1975
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12969(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
55
SC
 2/6 2,114 24.56% -2,864 Winner:
PC
 4,978 57.83% Thomas C. Donnelly
Eligible: 14,052 Votes: 6,528 Participation: 46.46% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
19		 Alberta
14 March 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12890(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
59
SC
 2/4 1,539 23.68% -2,495 Winner:
PC
 4,034 62.07% David J. Carter

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Arthur J. Dixon CM		 30 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Arthur J. Dixon		 30 Apr 2024

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