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♂ Kenneth G. Hughes
aliasKenneth G. Hughes
Record
28654 · 790

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 1 2
Alberta 1 0 1
Total 2 1 3
Birth 11 February 1954
Age 70 years + 2 months
First mandate 21 November 1988 → 35 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 34 years + 9 months
 
Mandate ended 9 years + 6 months ago (29 September 2014)
Special notes
None
 
Kenneth G. Hughes (1954– )
© Photo Legislative Assembly, Alberta — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 4 11 2
Alberta 2 5 6 Z
TOTAL 7 4 8

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
1 documented challenger
⊕ Grant Hill  m 
 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 33,630 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Federal
34		 Alberta
21 November 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3464(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
34
PC
 1/5 16,989 50.52% +6,491 Loser:
REF
 10,498 31.22% Ken Copithorne

Service: 4 years 11 months 3 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 53,240 Votes: 37,741 Participation: 70.89% Candidacies: 6
Federal
35		 Alberta
25 October 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3164(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
39
PC
 2/6 6,512 17.29% -17,316 Winner:
REF
 23,828 63.27% Grant Hill
Eligible: 27,975 Votes: 16,507 Participation: 59.01% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
28		 Alberta
23 April 2012
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 8953(F) — 8 Mar 2022 17:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
58
PC
 1/6 8,160 49.93% +2,066 Loser:
WRA
 6,094 37.29% Andrew Constantinidis
After his election:
29 Sep 2014 60
PC
 →
Vac.
 Left provincial politics
Service: 2 years 5 months 6 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 30,541 Votes: 10,919 Participation: 35.75% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
28		 Alberta
27 October 2014
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 10987(F) — 18 Oct 2021 19:10 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
60		 Successor:
PC
 4,836 44.39% Michael G. Ellis

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
The Honourable Ken Hughes, ECA		 11 Feb 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Kenneth Gardner Hughes		 11 Feb 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Kenneth Gardner Hughes		 11 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Ken Hughes (politician)		 11 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 11 Feb 2024 11:42 (but data presented dynamically)

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