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♂ Victor Quelch
aliasVictor Quelch
Record
51202 · 7923

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 6 0 6
Birth 13 December 1891 → 132 years + 4 months ago
Lived 83 years + 8 months
First mandate 14 October 1935 → 88 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 43 years + 10 months
Death 2 September 1975 → 48 years + 7 months ago
Exit → Death 17 years + 5 months after 30 March 1958
Special notes
None
 

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 22 5 10

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 7  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Robert Gardiner  m 
 
 
Eligible: 16,104 Votes: 10,493 Participation: 65.16% Candidacies: 4
Federal
18		 Alberta
14 October 1935
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22587(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
43
SC
 1/4 6,166 58.76% +4,307 Loser:
CCF
 1,859 17.72% Robert Gardiner

Service: 4 years 5 months 11 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 14,976 Votes: 8,309 Participation: 55.48% Candidacies: 3
Federal
19		 Alberta
26 March 1940
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22861(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
48
SC
 1/3 3,767 45.34% +27 Loser:
LIB
 3,740 45.01% Arthur M. Day

Service: 5 years 2 months 15 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 13,752 Votes: 10,705 Participation: 77.84% Candidacies: 4
Federal
20		 Alberta
11 June 1945
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 23121(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
SC
 1/4 5,556 51.90% +3,521 Loser:
LIB
 2,035 19.01% Lawrence E. Helmer

Service: 4 years 15 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 13,409 Votes: 10,142 Participation: 75.64% Candidacies: 2
Federal
21		 Alberta
27 June 1949
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23382(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
57
SC
 1/2 5,897 58.48% +1,711 Loser:
LIB
 4,186 41.52% Isber F. Shacker

Service: 4 years 1 month 13 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 26,157 Votes: 17,417 Participation: 66.59% Candidacies: 3
Federal
22		 Alberta
10 August 1953
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23673(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
61
SC
 1/3 7,956 45.95% +453 Loser:
LIB
 7,503 43.33% Arthur M. Day

Service: 3 years 9 months 30 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 25,319 Votes: 19,630 Participation: 77.53% Candidacies: 4
Federal
23		 Alberta
10 June 1957
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 23954(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
65
SC
 1/4 10,348 52.94% +4,523 Loser:
LIB
 5,825 29.80% Crawford Ferguson

Service: 9 months 20 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 25,319 Votes: 19,203 Participation: 75.84% Candidacies: 4
Federal
24		 Alberta
31 March 1958
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 24220(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
66		 Successor:
PC
 9,669 50.35% John H. (Jack) Horner

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Victor Quelch, M.P.		 02 Sep 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Victor Quelch, député		 02 Sep 2023
EN Wikipedia
Victor Quelch		 02 Sep 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  2 Sep 2023 03:09 (but data presented dynamically)

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