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♂ Gordon H. Dowding
aliasGordon H. Dowding
Record
16816 · 8610

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 60%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
British Columbia 6 3 9
Total 6 4 10
Birth 1 March 1918 → 106 years + 1 month ago
Lived 85 years + 8 months
First mandate 19 September 1956 → 67 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 38 years + 6 months
Death 9 November 2003 → 20 years + 5 months ago
Exit → Death 27 years + 10 months after 10 December 1975
Special notes
None
 
Gordon H. Dowding (1918–2003) 200x207
© Photo Legislative Assembly, British Columbia — 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 19 2 15 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. BC 30
NDP
 1 Speaker 54–57 17 Oct 1972 — 03 Nov 1975 3 0 17

Electoral history

Races 10  
Path points 10  
12 documented challengers
⊖ Hilliard H.W. Beyerstein  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Cedric Cox  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ J. Gordon Gibson  m 
⊖ Thomas J. Irwin  m 
⊖ Charles W. MacSorley  m 
⊖ Donald F. Robinson  m 
 		 ⊖ Ernest C. Carson  m 
⊕ John A.W. Drysdale  m 
⊖ Howard C. Green  m 
⊕ Raymond L. Loewen  m 
⊖ David M. Mercier  m 
⊖ Ernest E. (Ernie) Winch  m 
 
Eligible: 5,933 Votes: 3,900 Participation: 65.73% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
23		 British Columbia
12 June 1952
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Minority
ID: 29743(F) — 4 Mar 2022 09:33 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
34
CFF
 2/5 1,074 29.46% -227 Winner:
PC
 1,301 35.68% Ernest C. Carson
Eligible: 5,453 Votes: 4,162 Participation: 76.32% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
24		 British Columbia
10 June 1953
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 29794(F) — 4 Mar 2022 10:27 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
35
CFF
 2/4 1,372 34.37% 269 Winner:
LIB
 1,103 27.63% J. Gordon Gibson
Eligible: 43,367 Votes: 29,320 Participation: 67.61% Candidacies: 4
Federal
22		 British Columbia
10 August 1953
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23703(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
35
CCF
 4/4 3,628 12.45% -9,141 Winner:
PC
 12,769 43.82% Howard C. Green
Eligible: 42,307 Votes: 60,776 Participation: 73.85% Candidacies: 8
Provincial
25		 British Columbia
19 September 1956
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 29830(F) — 4 Mar 2022 12:46 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
38
CFF
 2/8 12,692 41.77% +589 Loser:
SC
 12,103 39.83% William P. Philps

Service: 3 years 11 months 23 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 56,241 Votes: 79,898 Participation: 71.03% Candidacies: 9
Provincial
26		 British Columbia
12 September 1960
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 29877(F) — 4 Mar 2022 13:10 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
42
CFF
 2/9 17,522 43.86% +4,053 Loser:
SC
 13,469 33.72% Hilliard H.W. Beyerstein

Service: 3 years 17 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 54,662 Votes: 74,018 Participation: 67.71% Candidacies: 8
Provincial
27		 British Columbia
30 September 1963
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 29922(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
NDP
 1/8 14,750 40.08% +341 Loser:
NDP
 14,409 39.16% Cedric Cox

Service: 2 years 11 months 12 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 17,426 Votes: 11,907 Participation: 68.33% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
28		 British Columbia
12 September 1966
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 30005(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
48
NDP
 1/3 5,748 48.71% +1,118 Loser:
SC
 4,630 39.23% John A.F. Playfair

Service: 2 years 11 months 14 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 22,160 Votes: 15,094 Participation: 68.11% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
29		 British Columbia
27 August 1969
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 30021(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
NDP
 1/4 6,791 45.72% +952 Loser:
SC
 5,839 39.31% John R. Chalk

Service: 3 years 2 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 24,024 Votes: 16,415 Participation: 68.33% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
30		 British Columbia
30 August 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 30069(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
54
NDP
 1/4 8,146 50.36% +4,255 Loser:
SC
 3,891 24.05% John R. Chalk

Service: 3 years 3 months 10 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 26,760 Votes: 17,942 Participation: 67.05% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
31		 British Columbia
11 December 1975
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 30119(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
57
NDP
 2/4 7,889 44.36% -443 Winner:
SC
 8,332 46.85% Raymond L. Loewen

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
Gordon Dowding		 01 Jan 2024
FR Wikipédia
Gordon Dowding		 01 Jan 2024

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