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♂ Harry William Hays
aliasHarry Hays
Record
26673 · 7883

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 1 2
Birth 25 December 1909 → 114 years + 4 months ago
Lived 72 years + 4 months
First mandate 8 April 1963 → 61 years + 21 days ago
↳ at age 53 years + 3 months
Death 4 May 1982 → 41 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death 16 years + 5 months after 7 November 1965
Special notes
None
 
Harry William Hays (1909–1982)
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Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Election or appointment outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate Alberta (1909–1982) Died in office
Legis. Council ✗
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Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve ✗
Mun./Co. Council ✗
School Board ✗
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Length of service in elected office within the scope of PoliCan

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 2 7 0

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 26
LIB
 1 Minister 53–55 22 Apr 1963 — 17 Dec 1965 2 7 25
2. CA 26
LIB
 1 Minister of State/responsible 53–55 22 Apr 1963 — 17 Dec 1965 2 7 25
 1. Agriculture
 2. Canadian Wheat Board [Agriculture]

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
2 documented challengers
⊖ H. Raymond Ballard  m 
 		 ⊖ John C. Leslie  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 53,892 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
26		 Alberta
8 April 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 24766(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
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 → New to Parliament
Age
53
LIB
 1/4 21,619 40.12% +1,859 Loser:
PC
 19,760 36.67% John C. Leslie

Service: 2 years 6 months 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 52,813 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
27		 Alberta
8 November 1965
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 25035(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
55
LIB
 2/4 20,525 38.86% -115 Winner:
PC
 20,640 39.08% H. Raymond Ballard

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Harry William Hays, P.C., M.P.		 20 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Harry William Hays, C.P., député		 20 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Harry Hays		 20 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Harry Hays (homme politique)		 20 Apr 2024

© 2019, 2024 :: PoliCan.ca (Maurice Y. Michaud)
Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 20 Apr 2024 19:07 (but data presented dynamically)

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