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♂ Perren Earle Baker
aliasPerren Earle Baker
Record
2372 · 8066

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 80%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Alberta 4 1 5
Birth 10 August 1877 → 146 years + 8 months ago
Lived 96 years + 6 months
First mandate 18 July 1921 → 102 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 43 years + 11 months
Death 13 February 1974 → 50 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 38 years + 5 months after 21 August 1935
Special notes
None
 
Perren Earle Baker (1877–1974)
© Photo 1924 — 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
Alberta 13 9 22 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
2 documented challengers
⊖ August W. Flamme  m 
 		 ⊖ William G. Johnston  m 
 
Eligible: 6,357 Votes: 12,062 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
5		 Alberta
18 July 1921
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  UFA  Majority
ID: 27624(F) — 29 Oct 2022 11:07 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
43
UFA
 1/4 4,165 69.06% +1,887 Loser:
LIB
 2,278 37.77% Oliver Boyd
After his election:
31 Aug 1921 44
UFA
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran in a ministerial by-election
Service: 1 month 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
5		 Alberta
9 December 1921
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UFA  Majority
ID: 27654(F) — 29 Oct 2022 09:51 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
44
UFA
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 4 years 6 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,072 Votes: 2,265 Participation: 73.73% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
6		 Alberta
28 June 1926
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  UFA  Majority
ID: 27675(F) — 5 Mar 2022 21:18 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
48
UFA
 1/3 1,220 57.12% +479 Loser:
LIB
 741 34.69% H.H. Foster

Service: 3 years 11 months 21 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,238 Votes: 2,485 Participation: 76.74% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
7		 Alberta
19 June 1930
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  UFA  Majority
ID: 27730(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
UFA
 1/2 1,315 55.37% +255 Loser:
LIB
 1,060 44.63% Robert C. Black

Service: 5 years 2 months 2 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,909 Votes: 3,246 Participation: 83.04% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
8		 Alberta
22 August 1935
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 27789(F) — 6 Mar 2022 10:21 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
58
UFA
 3/4 587 18.78% -1,102 Winner:
SC
 1,689 54.05% August W. Flamme

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Perren E. Baker		 17 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Perren Baker		 17 Mar 2024

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