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♂ David Bertram Mullen
aliasDavid Mullen
Record
45154 · 8266

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Alberta 2 0 2
Birth 4 November 1885 → 138 years + 6 months ago
Lived 54 years + 11 months
First mandate 22 August 1935 → 88 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 49 years + 9 months
Death 28 October 1940 → 83 years + 6 months ago
Died in office Yes
Special notes
None
 
David Bertram Mullen (1885–1940)
© 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 5 2 5 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
14 documented challengers
⊖ William A. Atkinson  m 
⊖ David M. Duggan  m 
⊖ William S. Hall  m 
⊖ Frederick C. Jamieson  m 
⊖ Jan Lakeman  m 
⊖ Walter Morrish  m 
⊖ Chester A. Ronning  m 
 		 ⊖ Samuel A.G. Barnes  m 
⊖ John W. Findlay  m 
⊖ William R. Howson  m 
⊖ Orvis A. Kennedy  m 
⊖ John F. Lymburn  m 
⊖ C. Gerald O'Connor  m 
⊖ George H. Van Allen  m 
 
Eligible: 49,212 Votes: 38,052 Participation: 77.32% Candidacies: 27
Provincial
8		 Alberta
22 August 1935
General
Single trans. vote (6)
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 27792(F) — 13 Jan 2024 13:43 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
49
SC
 5/27 2,500 6.71% -318 Loser:
SC
 2,818 7.56% William S. Hall

Service: 4 years 6 months 27 days (Gov't)
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
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
54
SC
 1/3 2,472 44.90% +922 Loser:
CCF
 1,550 28.15% Chester A. Ronning
After his election:
28 Oct 1940 54
SC
 →
Vac.
 Died in office
Service: 7 months 7 days (Gov't)
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
—
 Deceased
Age
54		 Successor:
SC
 2,419 56.47% Chester I. Sayers

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
David B. Mullen		 04 May 2024
EN Wikipedia
David B. Mullen		 04 May 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  4 May 2024 13:16 (but data presented dynamically)

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