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♂ Lawrence Ernest Oscar Duke
aliasErnest Duke
Record
17535 · 8261

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Alberta 3 0 3
Birth 21 December 1880 → 143 years + 4 months ago
Lived 73 years
First mandate 22 August 1935 → 88 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 54 years + 8 months
Death 19 January 1954 → 70 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 5 years + 5 months after 16 August 1948
Special notes
None
 
Lawrence Ernest Oscar Duke (1880–1954)
© Photo 1935 Provincial Archives of Alberta — 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 12 11 23 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
1 documented challenger
⊖ George E. Cruickshank  m 
 
 
Eligible: 6,888 Votes: 5,646 Participation: 81.97% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
8		 Alberta
22 August 1935
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 27816(F) — 6 Mar 2022 12:48 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
54
SC
 1/4 2,996 54.49% +1,916 Loser:
COMM
 1,080 19.64% Harvey Murphy

Service: 4 years 6 months 27 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,550 Votes: 5,727 Participation: 87.44% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
9		 Alberta
21 March 1940
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 27872(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
59
SC
 1/3 2,356 42.59% +227 Loser:
INDM
 2,129 38.49% C.J. Tompkins

Service: 4 years 4 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,703 Votes: 4,909 Participation: 73.24% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
10		 Alberta
8 August 1944
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 27926(F) — 13 Aug 2022 13:06 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
63
SC
 1/3 2,109 43.40% +321 Loser:
LABU
 1,788 36.80% Enoch Williams

Service: 4 years 8 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 7,465 Votes: 5,377 Participation: 72.03% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
11		 Alberta
17 August 1948
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 27980(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
67		 Successor:
SC
 2,210 45.30% William A. Kovach

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
L. Ernest Oscar Duke		 03 May 2024
EN Wikipedia
Ernest Duke		 03 May 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
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