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♂ George A. Walkem
aliasGeorge A. Walkem
Record
63628 · 8561

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
British Columbia 2 1 3
Birth 8 July 1872 → 151 years + 9 months ago
Lived 74 years + 5 months
First mandate 20 June 1924 → 99 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 51 years + 11 months
Death 13 December 1946 → 77 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 13 years + 1 month after 1 November 1933
Special notes
None
 

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 9 4 11 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
14 documented challengers
⊖ William R. Dick  m 
⊖ William W. Foster  m 
⊖ Angus MacInnis  m 
⊖ Stanley S. McKeen  m 
⊖ William C. Shelly  m 
⊖ Nelson C. Spencer  m 
⊖ George M. Weir  m 
 		 ⊖ Dugald Donaghy  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Thomas H. Kirk  m 
⊖ Royal L. (Pat) Maitland  m 
⊖ William A. Pritchard  m 
⊖ Helen D. Smith  f 
⊖ Dorothy G. Steeves  f 
⊖ Robert Wilkinson  m 
 
Eligible: 8,398 Votes: 6,059 Participation: 72.15% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
16		 British Columbia
20 June 1924
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 29275(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
51
PROV
 1/3 2,141 35.34% +78 Loser:
LC
 2,063 34.05% William W. Foster

Service: 4 years 27 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 54,745 Votes: 180,634 Participation: 54.99% Candidacies: 15
Provincial
17		 British Columbia
18 July 1928
General
Plurality-at-large (6)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 29371(F) — 20 Sep 2022 19:59 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
56
CONS
 6/15 15,769 52.38% +2,593 Loser:
LIB
 13,176 43.77% Dugald Donaghy

Service: 5 years 3 months 14 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 34,692 Votes: 72,268 Participation: 66.44% Candidacies: 15
Provincial
18		 British Columbia
1 November 1933
General
Plurality-at-large (3)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 29424(F) — 12 Feb 2023 01:34 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
61
NPIG
 8/15 3,694 15.46% -5,699 Winner:
LIB
 9,393 39.32% Robert Wilkinson

Online biographical reference

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George Alexander Walkem		 29 Jul 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 29 Jul 2023 17:19 (but data presented dynamically)

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