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♂ Chester Alvin Ronning
aliasChester Ronning
Record
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Norwegian-Canadian    Lutheran   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 20%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
Alberta 1 3 4
Total 1 4 5
Birth 13 December 1894 → 129 years + 4 months ago
Lived 90 years
First mandate 25 October 1932 → 91 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 37 years + 10 months
Death 31 December 1984 → 39 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 49 years + 4 months after 21 August 1935
Special notes
None
 
Chester Alvin Ronning (1894–1984)
© Photo Legislative Assembly, Alberta — Fair trade
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 2 9 25 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. AB 8–9
CCF
 1 Party leader 44–47 01 Jul 1939 — 30 Sep 1942 3 2 29

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
4 documented challengers
⊖ William N. Chant  m 
⊖ David B. Mullen  m 
 		 ⊖ James A. Marshall  m 
⊖ Chester I. Sayers  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 5,606 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
7		 Alberta
25 October 1932
By-Election
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  UFA  Majority
ID: 27775(F) — 29 Oct 2022 10:40 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
37
UFA
 1/3 2,526 45.06% +547 Loser:
LIB
 1,979 35.30% S.M. Westvick

Service: 2 years 9 months 27 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 7,966 Votes: 6,911 Participation: 86.76% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
8		 Alberta
22 August 1935
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 27784(F) — 25 Oct 2023 06:02 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
40
UFA
 3/3 1,039 15.35% -3,296 Winner:
SC
 4,335 64.04% William N. Chant
Eligible: 7,343 Votes: 5,673 Participation: 77.26% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
9		 Alberta
21 March 1940
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 27844(F) — 6 Mar 2022 15:08 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature (Party leader)
Age
45
CCF
 2/3 1,550 28.15% -922 Winner:
SC
 2,472 44.90% David B. Mullen
Eligible: inc. Votes: 4,284 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
9		 Alberta
6 March 1941
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 27892(F) — 29 Oct 2022 13:58 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
46
CCF
 2/2 1,865 43.53% -554 Winner:
SC
 2,419 56.47% Chester I. Sayers
Eligible: 21,259 Votes: 15,620 Participation: 73.47% Candidacies: 4
Federal
20		 Alberta
11 June 1945
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 23127(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
50
CCF
 2/4 4,045 25.90% -3,149 Winner:
SC
 7,194 46.06% James A. Marshall

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Dr. Chester A. Ronning, CC, AOE		 30 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Chester Ronning		 30 Apr 2024

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