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♂ George Russell Barker
aliasGeorge Barker
Record
2691 · 8205

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Alberta 1 2 3
Birth 26 October 1881 → 142 years + 6 months ago
Lived 77 years
First mandate 7 June 1917 → 106 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 35 years + 7 months
Death 16 November 1958 → 65 years + 5 months ago
Exit → Death 37 years + 3 months after 17 July 1921
Special notes
None
 

George Russell Barker (1881–1958)
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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 1 9 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Peter Gunn  m 
 		 ⊖ C. Milton McKeen  m 
 
Eligible: 1,101 Votes: 1,000 Participation: 90.83% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
3		 Alberta
17 April 1913
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 27484(F) — 5 Mar 2022 15:54 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
31
CONS
 2/2 474 47.83% -43 Winner:
LIB
 517 52.17% Peter Gunn
Eligible: 1,961 Votes: 1,579 Participation: 80.52% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
4		 Alberta
7 June 1917
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 27555(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
35
CONS
 1/2 800 51.09% +34 Loser:
LIB
 766 48.91% R.E. Barker

Service: 4 years 1 month 10 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 2,784 Votes: 2,548 Participation: 91.52% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
5		 Alberta
18 July 1921
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UFA  Majority
ID: 27618(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
39		 Successor:
UFA
 1,574 62.02% C. Milton McKeen
Eligible: 3,927 Votes: 2,632 Participation: 67.02% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
6		 Alberta
28 June 1926
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  UFA  Majority
ID: 27686(F) — 5 Mar 2022 21:34 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
44
CONS
 2/3 492 19.77% -1,265 Winner:
UFA
 1,757 70.62% C. Milton McKeen

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
George Russell Barker		 28 Apr 2024
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
George R. Barker		 28 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
George R. Barker		 28 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 28 Apr 2024 16:20 (but data presented dynamically)

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