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♂ Albert Lester Blue
aliasAlbert Blue
Record
5474 · 8259

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Alberta 1 1 2
Birth 19 October 1881 → 142 years + 6 months ago
Lived 85 years + 10 months
First mandate 22 August 1935 → 88 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 53 years + 10 months
Death 16 September 1967 → 56 years + 7 months ago
Exit → Death 27 years + 5 months after 20 March 1940
Special notes
None
 
Albert Lester Blue (1881–1967)
© Photo c.1935 — 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 4 6 28 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
2 documented challengers
⊖ William G. Farquharson  m 
 		 ⊖ William Masson  m 
 
Eligible: 4,455 Votes: 3,889 Participation: 87.30% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
8		 Alberta
22 August 1935
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 27815(F) — 25 Oct 2023 06:03 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
53
SC
 1/3 2,684 71.16% +2,095 Loser:
LIB
 589 15.62% Raymond M. Lee
After his election:
8 Feb 1940 58
SC
 →
IPRO
 Changed allegiance (joined opposition)
Service: 4 years 6 months 27 days (Gov't & Oppo.)
Eligible: 7,201 Votes: 5,500 Participation: 76.38% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
9		 Alberta
21 March 1940
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 27887(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
58
IPRO
 4/4 365 6.87% -1,931 Winner:
SC
 2,296 43.23% William Masson

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Albert L. Blue		 03 May 2024
EN Wikipedia
Albert Blue		 03 May 2024

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