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♂ Elmer V. Findland
aliasElmer V. Findland
Record
19776 · 8579

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
British Columbia 2 1 3
Birth 8 July 1894 → 129 years + 9 months ago
Lived 73 years + 10 months
First mandate 1 June 1937 → 86 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 42 years + 10 months
Death 26 May 1968 → 55 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death 23 years + 2 months after 1 March 1945
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 7 8 28 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Charles T. Beard  m  (2 runoffs)
 
 
Eligible: 5,679 Votes: 3,975 Participation: 69.99% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
19		 British Columbia
1 June 1937
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 29439(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
42
CONS
 1/5 1,642 41.60% +226 Loser:
LIB
 1,416 35.88% Charles E. Whitney-Griffiths

Service: 4 years 4 months 19 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 5,908 Votes: 3,979 Participation: 67.35% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
20		 British Columbia
21 October 1941
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
 COAL  9 Dec 1941
ID: 29524(F) — 24 Jul 2023 16:07 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
CONS
 1/3 1,554 40.42% +206 Loser:
LIB
 1,348 35.06% Charles T. Beard
After his election:
9 Dec 1941 47
LIB
 →
CONS
 Change of government (became part of government)
10 Dec 1942 48
CONS
 →
PC
 Changed allegiance (remained in government)
1 Mar 1945 50
PC
 →
Vac.
 Left provincial politics
Service: 3 years 4 months 8 days (Oppo. & Gov't)
Eligible: 6,477 Votes: 4,671 Participation: 72.12% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
21		 British Columbia
25 October 1945
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  COAL  Majority
ID: 29573(F) — 23 Sep 2022 08:14 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
51		 Successor:
PC
 2,568 56.35% Charles T. Beard
Eligible: 10,638 Votes: 8,404 Participation: 79.00% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
22		 British Columbia
15 June 1949
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  COAL  Majority
ID: 29614(F) — 23 Sep 2022 08:15 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
54
ICON
 3/5 1,241 15.08% -2,978 Winner:
PC
 4,219 51.26% Charles T. Beard

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
Elmer Victor Finland		 21 Sep 2023
FR Wikipédia
Elmer Victor Finland		 21 Sep 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 21 Sep 2023 22:29 (but data presented dynamically)

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