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♂ Ambrose A. Holowach
aliasAmbrose A. Holowach
Record
28022 · 7898

Ukranian-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 2 2 4
Alberta 3 3 6
Total 5 5 10
Birth 22 July 1914 → 109 years + 9 months ago
Lived 78 years + 7 months
First mandate 10 August 1953 → 70 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 39 years
Death 27 February 1993 → 31 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 21 years + 5 months after 29 August 1971
Special notes
None
 
Ambrose A. Holowach (1914–1993)
© Photo Legislative Assembly, Alberta — 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 4 7 18
Alberta 12 2 9 Z
TOTAL 16 9 27

Electoral history

Races 10  
Path points 10  
16 documented challengers
⊖ Gerard J.T. van Amerongen  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Cora T. Casselman  f 
⊖ William Hawrelak  m 
⊕ David T. King  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Albert F. Macdonald  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ J. Percy Page  m 
⊖ Elmer E. Roper  m 
⊖ William Skoreyko  m 
 		 ⊖ Patrick H. Ashby  m 
⊖ Edgar H. Gerhart  m 
⊖ Floyd A. Johnson  m 
⊖ Marcel J.A. Lambert  m 
⊖ Ernest C. Manning  m 
⊖ J. Harper Prowse  m 
⊖ J. Donovan Ross  m 
⊖ Harold E. Tanner  m 
 
Eligible: 47,473 Votes: 30,770 Participation: 64.82% Candidacies: 6
Federal
21		 Alberta
27 June 1949
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23389(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
34
SC
 2/6 7,972 26.27% -2,992 Winner:
LIB
 10,964 36.13% Albert F. Macdonald
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
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
38
SC
 8/29 1,381 2.65% 506 Winner:
LIB
 875 1.68% Harold E. Tanner
Eligible: 39,263 Votes: 22,094 Participation: 56.27% Candidacies: 6
Federal
22		 Alberta
10 August 1953
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23680(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
39
SC
 1/6 8,802 40.48% +1,228 Loser:
LIB
 7,574 34.83% Albert F. Macdonald

Service: 3 years 9 months 30 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 39,278 Votes: 27,696 Participation: 70.51% Candidacies: 4
Federal
23		 Alberta
10 June 1957
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 23960(F) — 2 Dec 2022 20:40 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
42
SC
 1/4 10,967 40.06% +284 Loser:
LIB
 10,683 39.03% William Hawrelak

Service: 9 months 20 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 39,278 Votes: 28,036 Participation: 71.38% Candidacies: 6
Federal
24		 Alberta
31 March 1958
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 24226(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
43
SC
 2/6 6,441 22.97% -8,795 Winner:
PC
 15,236 54.34% William Skoreyko
Eligible: 15,357 Votes: 8,408 Participation: 54.75% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
14		 Alberta
18 June 1959
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 28119(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
44
SC
 1/4 3,912 46.74% +1,727 Loser:
PC
 2,185 26.11% Gerard J.T. van Amerongen

Service: 3 years 11 months 29 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 15,211 Votes: 7,103 Participation: 46.70% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
15		 Alberta
17 June 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 28196(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
48
SC
 1/4 3,378 47.70% +1,886 Loser:
PC
 1,492 21.07% Gerard J.T. van Amerongen

Service: 3 years 11 months 5 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 15,724 Votes: 8,041 Participation: 51.14% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
16		 Alberta
23 May 1967
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 13135(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
SC
 1/5 3,146 39.53% +588 Loser:
PC
 2,558 32.14% Harold W. Veale

Service: 4 years 3 months 6 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 11,695 Votes: 7,223 Participation: 61.76% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
17		 Alberta
30 August 1971
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 13063(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
57
SC
 2/4 2,748 38.61% -100 Winner:
PC
 2,848 40.01% David T. King
Eligible: 10,896 Votes: 5,259 Participation: 48.27% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
18		 Alberta
26 March 1975
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12989(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
60
SC
 3/4 888 17.13% -2,197 Winner:
PC
 3,085 59.51% David T. King

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Ambrose Holowach		 03 Mar 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Ambrose A. Holowach		 03 Mar 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Ambrose A. Holowach		 03 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Ambrose Holowach		 03 Mar 2024

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