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♂ J. Harper Prowse
aliasJ. Harper Prowse
Record
50993 · 7890

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 2 2
Alberta 4 0 4
Total 4 2 6
Birth 2 July 1913 → 110 years + 10 months ago
Lived 63 years + 2 months
First mandate 20 January 1945 → 79 years + 3 months ago
↳ at age 31 years + 6 months
Death 27 September 1976 → 47 years + 7 months ago
Exit → Death 17 years + 3 months after 17 June 1959
Special notes
None
 
J. Harper Prowse (1913–1976) 200x192
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Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ J. Harper Prowse (1886–1971) Father  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Alberta 14 4 22 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. AB 10–13
LIB
 1 Party leader 33–44 25 Jun 1947 — 15 Apr 1958 10 9 21
2. AB 11–13
LIB
 1 Opposition Leader 38–44 21 Feb 1952 — 14 Apr 1958 6 1 24

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 7  
18 documented challengers
⊖ Clayton Adams  m 
⊖ Cora T. Casselman  f 
⊖ Edgar H. Gerhart  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Anthony Hlynka  m 
⊖ Floyd A. Johnson  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Marcel J.A. Lambert  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Abe W. Miller  m 
⊖ Eric J. Poole  m 
⊖ J. Donovan Ross  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Gerard J.T. van Amerongen  m 
⊖ Ivor G. Dent  m 
⊖ Louis W. Heard  m 
⊖ Ambrose A. Holowach  m 
⊖ Orvis A. Kennedy  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Ernest C. Manning  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ J. Percy Page  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Elmer E. Roper  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Harold E. Tanner  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 6,125 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 22
Provincial
10		 Alberta
20 January 1945
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 27945(F) — 25 Oct 2023 06:12 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
31
CAF
 1/22 1,050 17.14% +30 Loser:
CAF
 1,020 16.65% Eric W. Cormack
After his election:
10 Apr 1947 33
CAF
 →
LIB
 Changed allegiance (remained in opposition)
Service: 3 years 6 months 27 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 84,391 Votes: 47,276 Participation: 56.02% Candidacies: 16
Provincial
11		 Alberta
17 August 1948
General
Single trans. vote (5)
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 27963(F) — 17 Oct 2021 20:19 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
35
LIB
 4/16 6,303 13.66% +3,580 Loser:
INDM
 2,723 5.90% J. Percy Page

Service: 3 years 11 months 18 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 108,424 Votes: 57,256 Participation: 52.81% Candidacies: 29
Provincial
12		 Alberta
5 August 1952
General
Single trans. vote (7)
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 28014(F) — 29 Oct 2022 21:36 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
39
LIB
 2/29 7,264 13.96% +5,883 Loser:
SC
 1,381 2.65% Ambrose A. Holowach

Service: 2 years 10 months 23 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 127,069 Votes: 82,792 Participation: 65.16% Candidacies: 30
Provincial
13		 Alberta
29 June 1955
General
Single trans. vote (7)
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 28066(F) — 17 Oct 2021 20:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
41
LIB
 2/30 18,755 24.50% +14,311 Loser:
CCF
 4,444 5.81% Elmer E. Roper

Service: 3 years 11 months 19 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 19,258 Votes: 11,313 Participation: 58.74% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
14		 Alberta
18 June 1959
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 28166(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
45		 Successor:
SC
 4,823 42.72% Edgar H. Gerhart
Eligible: inc. Votes: 54,612 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
25		 Alberta
18 June 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24504(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
48
LIB
 2/4 16,749 30.67% -2,932 Winner:
PC
 19,681 36.04% Marcel J.A. Lambert
Eligible: inc. Votes: 62,855 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
26		 Alberta
8 April 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 24768(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
49
LIB
 2/4 20,720 32.96% -5,858 Winner:
PC
 26,578 42.28% Marcel J.A. Lambert

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
The Honourable J. Harper Prowse		 14 Jan 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. James Harper Prowse		 14 Jan 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. James Harper Prowse		 14 Jan 2024
EN Wikipedia
James Harper Prowse		 14 Jan 2024

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