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♂ Kenneth A. Blatchford
aliasKenneth A. Blatchford
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 1 2
Birth 5 March 1882 → 142 years + 1 month ago
Lived 51 years + 1 month
First mandate 14 September 1926 → 97 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 44 years + 6 months
Death 20 April 1933 → 91 years ago
Exit → Death 2 years + 8 months after 27 July 1930
Special notes
None
 
Kenneth A. Blatchford (1882–1933)
© Photo c.1928 Steffens-Colmer — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
A Liberal from Alberta, Blatchford served only one term in Parliament before being defeated in 1930, and had been mayor of Edmonton from 1923 to 1926. He tried to get elected again as mayor in 1932, but failed. Five months after his defeat, he suffered a nervous breakdown and disappeared. His body was found in the North Saskatchewan River on April 22, 1933, after he had been missing for two days.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 3 10 12

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Ambrose U.G. Bury  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Jan Lakeman  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 19,958 Votes: 11,456 Participation: 57.40% Candidacies: 3
Federal
16		 Alberta
14 September 1926
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22048(F) — 10 Sep 2022 16:54 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
44
LIB
 1/3 5,090 44.43% +165 Loser:
LC
 4,925 42.99% Ambrose U.G. Bury

Service: 3 years 10 months 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 22,466 Votes: 14,350 Participation: 63.87% Candidacies: 5
Federal
17		 Alberta
28 July 1930
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 22322(F) — 10 Sep 2022 16:49 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
48
LIB
 2/5 4,921 34.29% -1,741 Winner:
LC
 6,662 46.43% Ambrose U.G. Bury

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Kenneth Alexander Blatchford, M.P.		 03 Feb 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Kenneth Alexander Blatchford, député		 03 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Kenny Blatchford		 03 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  3 Feb 2024 12:21 (but data presented dynamically)

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