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♂ Gordon A. Forster
aliasGordon A. Forster
Record
20490 · 8234

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Alberta 3 0 3
Birth 30 April 1884 → 140 years ago
Lived 80 years + 2 months
First mandate 18 July 1921 → 102 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 37 years + 2 months
Death 23 July 1964 → 59 years + 9 months ago
Exit → Death 28 years + 11 months after 21 August 1935
Special notes
None
 
Gordon A. Forster (1884–1964) 200x203
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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 14 1 1 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Robert B. Eaton  m 
 
 
Eligible: 8,291 Votes: 5,835 Participation: 70.38% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
5		 Alberta
18 July 1921
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UFA  Majority
ID: 27615(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
37
UFA
 1/2 4,252 72.87% +2,669 Loser:
LIB
 1,583 27.13% Robert B. Eaton

Service: 4 years 11 months 9 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,296 Votes: 4,345 Participation: 69.01% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
6		 Alberta
28 June 1926
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  UFA  Majority
ID: 27683(F) — 5 Mar 2022 21:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
42
UFA
 1/3 2,665 66.08% +1,887 Loser:
LIB
 778 19.29% W.G. Anderson

Service: 3 years 11 months 21 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,880 Votes: 4,369 Participation: 74.30% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
7		 Alberta
19 June 1930
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  UFA  Majority
ID: 27737(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
46
UFA
 1/2 2,689 64.08% +1,182 Loser:
IND
 1,507 35.92% J.L. Newman

Service: 5 years 2 months 2 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,352 Votes: 4,631 Participation: 86.53% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
8		 Alberta
22 August 1935
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 27798(F) — 6 Mar 2022 12:34 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
51		 Successor:
SC
 3,270 72.20% Wallace W. Cross

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Gordon A. Forster		 12 Jan 2024
EN Wikipedia
Gordon Forster		 12 Jan 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
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