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♂ Peter Dawson
aliasPeter Dawson
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Alberta 7 0 7
Birth 11 April 1892 → 132 years ago
Lived 70 years + 11 months
First mandate 22 August 1935 → 88 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 43 years + 4 months
Death 24 March 1963 → 61 years + 1 month ago
Died in office Yes
Special notes
None
 
Peter Dawson (1892–1963)
© Photo 1935 — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
Dawson, the Social Credit member for Little Bow from 1935 to his sudden death in 1963, served most of his tenure as Speaker — 26 years — the longest in the history of the Alberta legislature. His successor was someone named Speaker, who was never speaker.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Alberta 27 6 25 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. AB 8–14
SC
 1 Speaker 44–70 25 Feb 1937 — 24 Mar 1963 26 0 27

Electoral history

Races 7  
Path points 8  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Oran L. (Tony) McPherson  m 
 
 
Eligible: 4,100 Votes: 3,613 Participation: 88.12% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
8		 Alberta
22 August 1935
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 27804(F) — 6 Mar 2022 12:40 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
43
SC
 1/3 2,322 66.34% +1,618 Loser:
UFA
 704 20.11% Oran L. (Tony) McPherson

Service: 4 years 6 months 27 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,048 Votes: 4,342 Participation: 86.01% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
9		 Alberta
21 March 1940
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 27864(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
SC
 1/2 2,162 51.53% +128 Loser:
INDM
 2,034 48.47% E.H. Griffin

Service: 4 years 4 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,674 Votes: 3,569 Participation: 76.36% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
10		 Alberta
8 August 1944
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 27919(F) — 6 Mar 2022 17:01 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
SC
 1/3 1,958 55.14% +1,132 Loser:
INDM
 826 23.26% J.D. Hagerman

Service: 4 years 8 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,740 Votes: 3,559 Participation: 75.08% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
11		 Alberta
17 August 1948
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 27973(F) — 6 Mar 2022 21:06 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
56
SC
 1/3 1,865 55.08% +779 Loser:
IND
 1,086 32.07% George M. Carson

Service: 3 years 11 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,121 Votes: 4,345 Participation: 70.99% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
12		 Alberta
5 August 1952
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 28024(F) — 7 Mar 2022 10:39 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
60
SC
 1/3 2,668 65.39% +1,667 Loser:
LIB
 1,001 24.53% Maxwell R. Morrison

Service: 2 years 10 months 23 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,123 Votes: 4,607 Participation: 75.24% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
13		 Alberta
29 June 1955
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 28077(F) — 7 Mar 2022 12:50 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
63
SC
 1/3 2,481 57.03% +1,122 Loser:
LIB
 1,359 31.24% Varno Westersund

Service: 3 years 11 months 19 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,805 Votes: 4,542 Participation: 78.24% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
14		 Alberta
18 June 1959
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 28130(F) — 6 Mar 2022 20:08 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
67
SC
 1/3 2,939 64.86% +1,950 Loser:
PC
 989 21.83% Bernard W. Tonken
After his election:
24 Mar 1963 70
SC
 →
Vac.
 Died in office
Service: 3 years 9 months 6 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 7,582 Votes: 5,286 Participation: 69.72% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
15		 Alberta
17 June 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 28212(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
—
 Deceased
Age
70		 Successor:
SC
 3,368 64.01% Raymond A. Speaker

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Peter Dawson		 15 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Peter Dawson (politician)		 15 Feb 2024

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