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♂ Bob Benzen
aliasBob Benzen
Record
4212 · 801

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 3 0 3
Birth 3 March 1959
Age 65 years + 1 month
First mandate 3 April 2017 → 7 years + 24 days ago
↳ at age 58 years + 1 month
 
Mandate ended 1 year + 3 months ago (31 December 2022)
Special notes
None
 
Bob Benzen (1959– )
© Photo 2017 Presidential Office Building, Taiwan — licensed under CC BY 2.0
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 5 8 26

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 5  
2 documented challengers
⊕ Stephen J. Garvey  m 
 		 ⊕ Larry R. Heather  m 
 
Eligible: 81,270 Votes: 27,194 Participation: 33.46% Candidacies: 7
Federal
42		 Alberta
3 April 2017
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10786(F) — 4 Sep 2022 16:06 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
58
CPC
 1/7 19,383 71.48% +13,494 Loser:
LIB
 5,889 21.72% Scott Forsyth

Service: 2 years 6 months 17 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 82,059 Votes: 57,975 Participation: 70.65% Candidacies: 7
Federal
43		 Alberta
21 October 2019
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 26786(F) — 22 Sep 2021 20:16 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
60
CPC
 1/7 40,817 70.72% +32,760 Loser:
LIB
 8,057 13.96% Scott Forsyth

Service: 1 year 10 months 29 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 81,375 Votes: 53,855 Participation: 66.18% Candidacies: 7
Federal
44		 Alberta
20 September 2021
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 36137(F) — 25 Jul 2023 08:16 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
62
CPC
 1/7 30,870 57.66% +21,550 Loser:
NDP
 9,320 17.41% Kathleen M. Johnson
After his election:
31 Dec 2022 63
CPC
 →
Vac.
 Left federal politics
Service: 1 year 3 months 11 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 83,634 Votes: 24,213 Participation: 28.95% Candidacies: 8
Federal
44		 Alberta
24 July 2023
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 39109(F) — 20 Apr 2024 10:49 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
64		 Successor:
CPC
 15,853 65.63% Shuvaloy Majumdar

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Mr. Bob Benzen, M.P.		 03 Mar 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Monsieur Bob Benzen, député		 03 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Bob Benzen		 03 Mar 2024
FR Wikipédia
Bob Benzen		 03 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  3 Mar 2024 08:55 (but data presented dynamically)

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