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♂ Ernest Preston Manning
aliasPreston Manning
Record
39128 · 799

Evangelical   ∞1
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 60%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 3 2 5
Birth 10 June 1942
Age 81 years + 10 months
First mandate 25 October 1993 → 30 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 51 years + 4 months
 
Mandate ended 22 years + 2 months ago (31 January 2002)
Special notes
None
 
Ernest Preston Manning (1942– )
© Photo 2014 Centre Manning — licensed under CC BY 2.0
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Ernest C. Manning (1908–1996) Father  
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 8 3 4

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 33–36
REF
 1 Party leader 45–57 30 Oct 1987 — 25 Mar 2000 12 4 25
2. CA 36
REF
 1 Opposition Leader 54–57 02 Jun 1997 — 26 Mar 2000 2 9 24

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
6 documented challengers
⊕ Janet (Jan) C. Brown  f 
⊕ Larry R. Heather  m 
⊖ William Skoreyko  m 
 		 ⊕ C. Joseph (Joe) Clark  m 
⊕ Darrell T. Rankin  m 
⊕ Barbara J. (Bobbie) Sparrow  f 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 30,183 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Federal
27		 Alberta
8 November 1965
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 25036(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
23
SC
 2/5 6,752 22.37% -6,844 Winner:
PC
 13,596 45.05% William Skoreyko
Eligible: inc. Votes: 40,097 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 7
Federal
34		 Alberta
21 November 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3472(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament (Party leader)
Age
46
REF
 2/7 11,207 27.95% -6,640 Winner:
PC
 17,847 44.51% C. Joseph (Joe) Clark
Eligible: 96,213 Votes: 68,140 Participation: 70.82% Candidacies: 9
Federal
35		 Alberta
25 October 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3151(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament (Party leader)
Age
51
REF
 1/9 41,630 61.22% +28,988 Loser:
PC
 12,642 18.59% Barbara J. (Bobbie) Sparrow

Service: 3 years 7 months 7 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 72,239 Votes: 48,238 Participation: 66.78% Candidacies: 7
Federal
36		 Alberta
2 June 1997
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2850(F) — 30 Jun 2023 22:32 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
54
REF
 1/7 27,912 57.99% +18,206 Loser:
LIB
 9,706 20.17% Paul Drager
After his election:
27 Mar 2000 57
REF
 →
CA
 Changed allegiance (remained in opposition)
Service: 3 years 5 months 24 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 84,905 Votes: 53,433 Participation: 62.93% Candidacies: 4
Federal
37		 Alberta
27 November 2000
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2543(F) — 31 Jan 2022 23:15 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
58
CA
 1/4 34,529 64.81% +25,850 Loser:
PC
 8,679 16.29% Paul Monaghan
After his election:
31 Jan 2002 59
CA
 →
Vac.
 Left federal politics
Service: 1 year 2 months 4 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 80,360 Votes: 18,519 Participation: 23.05% Candidacies: 5
Federal
37		 Alberta
13 May 2002
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10823(F) — 30 Jun 2023 16:39 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
59		 Successor:
CA
 13,200 71.66% Stephen J. Harper

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Ernest Preston Manning, P.C., C.C., A.O.E., M.P.		 20 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Ernest Preston Manning, C.P., C.C., A.O.E., député		 20 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Preston Manning		 20 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Preston Manning		 20 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 20 Apr 2024 19:18 (but data presented dynamically)

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