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♂ Francis Leo Gainer
aliasFrank (Pop) Gainer
Record
21733 · 8369

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Alberta 3 0 3
Birth 12 February 1888 → 136 years + 2 months ago
Lived 87 years
First mandate 29 June 1955 → 68 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 67 years + 4 months
Death 10 March 1975 → 49 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 7 years + 9 months after 22 May 1967
Special notes
None
 
Francis Leo Gainer (1888–1975)
© Photo Legislative Assembly, 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 11 10 21 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Lorne L. Leavitt  m 
 
 
Eligible: 6,452 Votes: 4,561 Participation: 70.69% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
13		 Alberta
29 June 1955
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 28055(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
67
COA
 1/2 2,342 54.87% +416 Loser:
SC
 1,926 45.13% Lorne L. Leavitt

Service: 3 years 11 months 19 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 7,136 Votes: 4,512 Participation: 63.23% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
14		 Alberta
18 June 1959
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 28108(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
71
COA
 1/2 2,279 50.79% +71 Loser:
SC
 2,208 49.21% Robin W. Echlin

Service: 3 years 11 months 29 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 6,921 Votes: 4,400 Participation: 63.57% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
15		 Alberta
17 June 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 28178(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
75
COA
 1/3 2,179 49.66% +301 Loser:
SC
 1,878 42.80% Victor Watson

Service: 3 years 11 months 5 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 7,653 Votes: 4,899 Participation: 64.01% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
16		 Alberta
23 May 1967
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 13108(F) — 25 Oct 2023 06:28 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
79		 Successor:
IND
 2,428 49.88% Clarence Copithorne

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Francis 'Frank' L. Gainer		 03 May 2024
EN Wikipedia
Frank Gainer		 03 May 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  3 May 2024 23:53 (but data presented dynamically)

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