Canada's electoral history from 1867 to today

Blaine F. Calkins
aliasBlaine Calkins
Record
8829 · 841

Type of record
Elected candidate
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate
In office
Canada
Opposition
Performance: 100%
 
Canada 7 0 7
* Includes a post-dated race
Birth 25 December 1968
Age 55 years + 4 months
First mandate 23 January 2006 → 18 years + 3 months ago
↳ at age 37 years
 
 
Special notes
None
 
Blaine F. Calkins (1968– )
© Photo 2021 Otto.blinken — licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 18 2 28

Electoral history

Races * 7  
Path points 7  
Documented challenger
None
 

 
Eligible: 75,895 Votes: 47,709 Participation: 62.86% Candidacies: 4
Federal
39
Alberta
23 January 2006
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Minority
ID: 914(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
→ New to Parliament
Age
37
CPC
1/4 35,776 75.15% +31,335 Loser:
LIB
4,441 9.33% Peter Crossley

Service:
2 years 8 months 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 79,862 Votes: 42,275 Participation: 52.94% Candidacies: 5
Federal
40
Alberta
14 October 2008
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Minority
ID: 5713(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
Re-elected incumbent
Age
39
CPC
1/5 32,528 77.14% +28,892 Loser:
NDP
3,636 8.62% Tim Robson

Service:
2 years 6 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 80,262 Votes: 46,485 Participation: 57.92% Candidacies: 4
Federal
41
Alberta
2 May 2011
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Majority
ID: 6253(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
Re-elected incumbent
Age
42
CPC
1/4 37,756 81.44% +32,475 Loser:
NDP
5,281 11.39% Tim Robson

Service:
4 years 5 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 89,092 Votes: 61,838 Participation: 69.41% Candidacies: 4
Federal
42
Alberta
19 October 2015
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7335(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
Re-elected incumbent
Age
46
CPC
1/4 43,599 70.71% +34,364 Loser:
LIB
9,235 14.98% Jeff Rock

Service:
4 years 1 day (Oppo.)
Eligible: 95,095 Votes: 67,769 Participation: 71.26% Candidacies: 5
Federal
43
Alberta
21 October 2019
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 26808(F) — 22 Sep 2021 20:25 ET
Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
CPC
1/5 53,843 79.83% +47,831 Loser:
NDP
6,012 8.91% Lauren Pezzella

Service:
1 year 10 months 29 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 95,567 Votes: 62,327 Participation: 65.22% Candidacies: 7
Federal
44
Alberta
20 September 2021
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 36159(F) — 20 Apr 2024 10:42 ET
Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
CPC
1/7 39,805 64.22% +30,999 Loser:
NDP
8,806 14.21% Tanya Heyden-Kaye

Service:
2 years 7 months 7 days (Oppo.)
Ponoka—Didsbury
Post-dated race
Federal
45
Alberta
20 October 2025
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Majority
ID: 39348(P) — 21 Jan 2024 22:42 ET
Incumbent will likely be re-elected (Gov't)
Age
56
CPC
1/4   76.60%   Loser:
NDP

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Mr. Blaine Calkins, M.P.
13 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Monsieur Blaine Calkins, député
13 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Blaine Calkins
13 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Blaine Calkins
13 Apr 2024


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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 13 Apr 2024 10:39 (but data presented dynamically)