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♂ Gordon B. Walker
aliasGordon B. Walker
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Alberta 2 2 4
Birth 22 March 1891 → 133 years + 1 month ago
Lived 63 years + 3 months
First mandate 28 June 1926 → 97 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 35 years + 3 months
Death 5 July 1954 → 69 years + 9 months ago
Exit → Death 18 years + 10 months after 21 August 1935
Special notes
None
 
Gordon B. Walker (1891–1954) 200x195
© Photo 1930 United Farmers Historical Society — licensed under CC BY 2.0
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 9 1 22 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
3 documented challengers
⊖ James Hartley  m 
⊖ Thomas C. Milnes  m 
 		 ⊖ Harry O. Haslam  m 
 
Eligible: 2,009 Votes: 1,509 Participation: 75.11% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
6		 Alberta
28 June 1926
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  UFA  Majority
ID: 27674(F) — 6 Mar 2022 08:53 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
35
UFA
 1/2 939 68.99% +517 Loser:
CONS
 422 31.01% John R. Watt

Service: 3 years 11 months 21 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,544 Votes: 2,317 Participation: 65.38% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
7		 Alberta
19 June 1930
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  UFA  Majority
ID: 27747(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
39
UFA
 1/2 1,415 65.88% +682 Loser:
CONS
 733 34.12% W.J. Ellison

Service: 5 years 2 months 2 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,760 Votes: 3,246 Participation: 86.33% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
8		 Alberta
22 August 1935
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 27807(F) — 6 Mar 2022 12:42 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
44
UFA
 2/4 612 19.34% -1,155 Winner:
SC
 1,767 55.83% Harry O. Haslam
Eligible: 6,190 Votes: 5,095 Participation: 82.31% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
9		 Alberta
21 March 1940
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 27865(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
48
INDM
 2/2 2,446 49.58% -41 Winner:
SC
 2,487 50.42% James Hartley

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Gordon B. Walker		 14 Jan 2024
EN Wikipedia
Gordon Beverly Walker		 14 Jan 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
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