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♂ Anthony Hlynka
aliasAnthony Hlynka
Record
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Ukranian-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 40%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 2 2 4
Alberta 0 1 1
Total 2 3 5
Birth 28 May 1907 → 116 years + 11 months ago
Lived 49 years + 10 months
First mandate 26 March 1940 → 84 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age 32 years + 9 months
Death 25 April 1957 → 67 years ago
Exit → Death 7 years + 9 months after 26 June 1949
Special notes
None
 
Anthony Hlynka (1907–1957)
© Photo 1945 House of Commons (Canada) — 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 9 2 29

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
13 documented challengers
⊖ Gerard J.T. van Amerongen  m 
⊖ John Decore  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Edgar H. Gerhart  m 
⊖ Ernest C. Manning  m 
⊖ J. Percy Page  m 
⊖ Elmer E. Roper  m 
⊖ Harold E. Tanner  m 
 		 ⊖ Herbert R. Boutillier  m 
⊖ Ivor G. Dent  m 
⊖ Floyd A. Johnson  m 
⊖ Abe W. Miller  m 
⊖ J. Harper Prowse  m 
⊖ J. Donovan Ross  m 
 
Eligible: 23,219 Votes: 14,073 Participation: 60.61% Candidacies: 4
Federal
19		 Alberta
26 March 1940
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22876(F) — 20 Feb 2024 18:25 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
32
SC
 1/4 5,083 36.12% +478 Loser:
LIB
 4,605 32.72% Albert E. Archer

Service: 5 years 2 months 15 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 21,292 Votes: 16,892 Participation: 79.33% Candidacies: 4
Federal
20		 Alberta
11 June 1945
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 23136(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
38
SC
 1/4 7,146 42.30% +2,340 Loser:
LIB
 4,806 28.45% Albert E. Archer

Service: 4 years 15 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 21,045 Votes: 16,096 Participation: 76.48% Candidacies: 2
Federal
21		 Alberta
27 June 1949
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23397(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
42
SC
 2/2 7,128 44.59% -1,731 Winner:
LIB
 8,859 55.41% John Decore
Eligible: 25,118 Votes: 17,201 Participation: 68.48% Candidacies: 3
Federal
22		 Alberta
10 August 1953
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23688(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to Parliament
Age
46
SC
 2/3 6,709 39.28% -1,314 Winner:
LIB
 8,023 46.98% John Decore
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
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
48
SC
 11/30 1,896 2.48% 576 Winner:
SC
 1,320 1.72% Edgar H. Gerhart

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Anthony Hlynka		 20 Feb 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Anthony Hlynka		 20 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Anthony Hlynka		 20 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 20 Feb 2024 18:25 (but data presented dynamically)

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