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♂ Arthur Henry Wray
aliasArthur Wray
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Alberta 2 2 4
Birth 13 September 1906 → 117 years + 7 months ago
Lived 87 years + 2 months
First mandate 8 August 1944 → 79 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 37 years + 10 months
Death 1 December 1993 → 30 years + 5 months ago
Exit → Death 41 years + 3 months after 4 August 1952
Special notes
None
 

Arthur Henry Wray (1906–1993)
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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 7 11 25 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
11 documented challengers
⊖ Paul R. Brecken  m 
⊖ Arthur J. Dixon  m 
⊖ Frank Laut  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Howard B. Macdonald  m 
⊖ J.W. Grant MacEwan  m 
⊖ Rosamond (Rose) E. Wilkinson  f 
 		 ⊖ Frederick C. Colborne  m 
⊖ William R. King  m 
⊖ Lorne L. Leavitt  m 
⊖ Hugh J. MacDonald  m 
⊖ Arthur R. Smith  m 
 
Eligible: 5,698 Votes: 4,190 Participation: 73.53% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
10		 Alberta
8 August 1944
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 27898(F) — 25 Oct 2023 06:07 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
37
SC
 1/3 1,568 38.51% -34 Loser:
INDM
 1,602 39.34% Frank Laut
After his election:
26 Feb 1947 40
SC
 →
ISC
 Changed allegiance (joined opposition)
Service: 4 years 8 days (Gov't & Oppo.)
Eligible: 7,356 Votes: 4,279 Participation: 58.17% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
11		 Alberta
17 August 1948
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 27952(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
41
ISC
 1/3 1,658 41.57% +412 Loser:
INDM
 1,246 31.24% Frank Laut

Service: 3 years 11 months 18 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 6,430 Votes: 3,654 Participation: 56.83% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
12		 Alberta
5 August 1952
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 28003(F) — 7 Mar 2022 10:34 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
45
ISC
 3/3 491 14.57% -1,354 Winner:
SC
 1,845 54.73% Lorne L. Leavitt
Eligible: 106,609 Votes: 64,660 Participation: 60.65% Candidacies: 23
Provincial
13		 Alberta
29 June 1955
General
Single trans. vote (6)
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 28059(F) — 28 Jul 2023 19:08 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
48
IND
 21/23 471 0.75% -4,095 Winner:
SC
 4,566 7.31% Arthur J. Dixon

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
Arthur Wray		 03 May 2024
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Arthur H. Wray		 03 May 2024
EN Wikipedia
Arthur Wray		 03 May 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  3 May 2024 23:48 (but data presented dynamically)

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