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♂ Orvis A. Kennedy
aliasOrvis A. Kennedy
Record
31407 · 7891

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 11%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 6 7
Alberta 0 2 2
Total 1 8 9
Birth 5 August 1907 → 116 years + 8 months ago
Lived 89 years + 7 months
First mandate 21 March 1938 → 86 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age 30 years + 7 months
Death 2 April 1997 → 27 years ago
Exit → Death 57 years + 8 days after 25 March 1940
Special notes
None
 
Orvis A. Kennedy (1907–1997)
© Photo — Public domain
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 2 0 4

Electoral history

Races 9  
Path points 9  
27 documented challengers
⊖ William A. Atkinson  m 
⊖ Cora T. Casselman  f 
⊖ Joseph Miville Déchêne  m 
⊖ John W. Findlay  m 
⊖ Richmond F.L. Hanna  m 
⊖ Norman B. James  m 
⊖ Floyd A. Johnson  m 
⊖ Marcel J.A. Lambert  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ A. Albert MacLeod  m 
⊖ Robert C. Marshall  m 
⊖ David B. Mullen  m 
⊖ J. Percy Page  m 
⊖ Elmer E. Roper  m 
⊖ William J. Williams  m 
 		 ⊖ Samuel A.G. Barnes  m 
⊖ Frederick C. Casselman  m 
⊖ David M. Duggan  m 
⊖ William S. Hall  m 
⊖ William R. Howson  m 
⊖ Frederick C. Jamieson  m 
⊖ Jan Lakeman  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ John F. Lymburn  m 
⊖ Ernest C. Manning  m 
⊖ Walter Morrish  m 
⊖ C. Gerald O'Connor  m 
⊖ J. Harper Prowse  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ George H. Van Allen  m 
 
Eligible: 49,212 Votes: 38,052 Participation: 77.32% Candidacies: 27
Provincial
8		 Alberta
22 August 1935
General
Single trans. vote (6)
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 27792(F) — 13 Jan 2024 13:43 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
28
SC
 9/27 1,781 4.78% 665 Winner:
LIB
 1,116 2.99% C. Gerald O'Connor
Eligible: 24,956 Votes: 20,290 Participation: 81.30% Candidacies: 3
Federal
18		 Alberta
21 March 1938
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22850(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
30
SC
 1/3 9,904 48.81% +1,984 Loser:
LIB
 7,920 39.03% Robert C. Marshall

Service: 2 years 4 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 30,816 Votes: 20,491 Participation: 66.49% Candidacies: 4
Federal
19		 Alberta
26 March 1940
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22868(F) — 19 Aug 2023 08:24 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
32
ND
 2/4 7,279 35.52% -1,669 Winner:
LIB
 8,948 43.67% Frederick C. Casselman
Eligible: 30,816 Votes: 14,110 Participation: 45.79% Candidacies: 3
Federal
19		 Alberta
2 June 1941
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23108(F) — 6 Sep 2022 20:52 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to Parliament
Age
33
SC
 2/3 4,199 29.76% -3,107 Winner:
LIB
 7,306 51.78% Cora T. Casselman
Eligible: 65,651 Votes: 40,047 Participation: 61.00% Candidacies: 20
Provincial
10		 Alberta
8 August 1944
General
Single trans. vote (5)
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 27909(F) — 6 Mar 2022 16:56 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
37
SC
 8/20 876 2.32% 95 Winner:
SC
 781 2.06% Norman B. James
Eligible: 24,703 Votes: 16,794 Participation: 67.98% Candidacies: 5
Federal
21		 Alberta
27 June 1949
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23383(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to Parliament
Age
41
SC
 2/5 4,982 29.97% -2,584 Winner:
LIB
 7,566 45.52% Joseph Miville Déchêne
Eligible: 39,202 Votes: 24,044 Participation: 61.33% Candidacies: 4
Federal
22		 Alberta
10 August 1953
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23679(F) — 17 Oct 2021 17:44 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to Parliament
Age
46
SC
 2/4 8,750 36.70% -151 Winner:
LIB
 8,901 37.33% Richmond F.L. Hanna
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 comeback to Parliament
Age
54
SC
 3/4 12,780 23.40% -6,901 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 comeback to Parliament
Age
55
SC
 3/4 11,466 18.24% -15,112 Winner:
PC
 26,578 42.28% Marcel J.A. Lambert

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Orvis A. Kennedy, M.P.		 19 Mar 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Orvis A. Kennedy, député		 19 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Orvis A. Kennedy		 19 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 19 Mar 2024 18:54 (but data presented dynamically)

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