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♂ Andrew R. McLennan
aliasAndrew R. McLennan
Record
42125 · 8090

Presbyterian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
Alberta 1 0 1
Total 1 1 2
Birth 11 July 1871 → 152 years + 9 months ago
Lived 71 years + 8 months
First mandate 18 July 1921 → 102 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 50 years
Death 9 April 1943 → 81 years ago
Exit → Death 17 years + 5 months after 13 October 1925
Special notes
None
 
Andrew R. McLennan (1871–1943) 200x217
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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 4 2 26 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
13 documented challengers
⊖ Joseph W. Adair  m 
⊖ John C. Bowen  m 
⊖ Ernest M. Brown  m 
⊖ James K. Cornwall  m 
⊖ Albert F. Ewing  m 
⊖ Nellie L. McClung  f 
⊖ William Short  m 
 		 ⊖ Adéodat Boileau  m 
⊖ John R. Boyle  m 
⊖ Ambrose U.G. Bury  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Herbert H. Crawford  m 
⊖ Jeremiah W. Heffernan  m 
⊖ Elmer E. Roper  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 75,758 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 26
Provincial
5		 Alberta
18 July 1921
General
Plurality-at-large (5)
Gov't  UFA  Majority
ID: 27610(F) — 29 Oct 2022 11:00 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
50
LIB
 1/26 6,498 42.89% +1,520 Loser:
UFA
 4,978 32.85% William J. Jackman
After his election:
13 Oct 1925 54
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Unsuccessfully ran federally
Service: 4 years 2 months 25 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 19,958 Votes: 10,134 Participation: 50.78% Candidacies: 3
Federal
15		 Alberta
29 October 1925
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 21799(F) — 26 Jun 2023 19:25 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
54
LIB
 2/3 3,440 33.95% -487 Winner:
LC
 3,927 38.75% Ambrose U.G. Bury
Eligible: 33,741 Votes: 18,721 Participation: 55.50% Candidacies: 18
Provincial
6		 Alberta
28 June 1926
General
Single trans. vote (5)
Gov't  UFA  Majority
ID: 27679(F) — 13 Jan 2024 13:43 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
54		 Successor:
CONS
 857 9.46% David M. Duggan

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
Andrew Robert "A R" McLennan		 11 Jan 2024
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Andrew R. McLennan		 11 Jan 2024
EN Wikipedia
Andrew Robert McLennan		 11 Jan 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 11 Jan 2024 20:44 (but data presented dynamically)

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