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♂ Bob Simpson
aliasBob Simpson
Record
56911 · 8458

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 40%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 2 2
British Columbia 2 1 3
Total 2 3 5
Birth c. 1956
Age ± 68 years
First mandate 17 May 2005 → 18 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age ± 49 years
 
Mandate ended 10 years + 11 months ago (13 May 2013)
Special notes
None
 
Bob Simpson (c.1956– )
© Photo 2022 Rebecca Dyok / Quesnel Cariboo Observer — Fair trade
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
British Columbia 7 11 25 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
2 documented challengers
⊕ Coralee E. Oakes  f 
 		 ⊕ Frank Oberle  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 44,552 Votes: 26,723 Participation: 59.98% Candidacies: 3
Federal
31		 British Columbia
22 May 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 4358(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
±23
NDP
 2/3 5,478 20.50% -10,810 Winner:
PC
 16,288 60.95% Frank Oberle
Eligible: 44,552 Votes: 26,160 Participation: 58.72% Candidacies: 4
Federal
32		 British Columbia
18 February 1980
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4076(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
±24
NDP
 2/4 6,835 26.20% -6,758 Winner:
PC
 13,593 52.10% Frank Oberle
Eligible: 24,399 Votes: 15,679 Participation: 64.26% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
38		 British Columbia
17 May 2005
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 8096(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:23 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±49
NDP
 1/4 7,353 47.28% +269 Loser:
LIB
 7,084 45.55% Steve Wallace

Service: 3 years 11 months 24 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 23,631 Votes: 14,235 Participation: 60.24% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
39		 British Columbia
12 May 2009
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 8177(F) — 5 Mar 2022 11:40 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±53
NDP
 1/3 7,004 49.51% +503 Loser:
LIB
 6,501 45.95% Bruce Ernst

Service: 4 years 1 day (Oppo.)
Eligible: 23,838 Votes: 14,248 Participation: 59.77% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
40		 British Columbia
14 May 2013
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 8262(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:23 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
±57
IND
 2/3 5,264 37.16% -603 Winner:
LIB
 5,867 41.41% Coralee E. Oakes

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
Bob Simpson (British Columbia politician)		 07 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  7 Feb 2024 22:06 (but data presented dynamically)

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