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♂ Gordon L. Gibson
aliasGordon L. Gibson
Record
22795 · 8616

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
British Columbia 1 1 2
Birth 7 March 1913 → 111 years + 1 month ago
Lived 84 years + 11 months
First mandate 9 September 1957 → 66 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 44 years + 6 months
Death 17 February 1998 → 26 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 37 years + 5 months after 11 September 1960
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 3 0 2 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
5 documented challengers
⊖ Nehemiah G. Massey  m 
⊖ James H. Rhodes  m 
⊖ Homer J. Stevens  m 
 		 ⊖ Camille M. Mather  f 
⊖ Leonard A. Shepherd  m 
 
Eligible: 48,884 Votes: 25,468 Participation: 52.10% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
25		 British Columbia
9 September 1957
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 29873(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
44
SC
 1/6 9,989 39.41% +1,610 Loser:
CFF
 8,379 33.06% Leonard A. Shepherd

Service: 3 years 2 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 73,637 Votes: 107,162 Participation: 72.76% Candidacies: 12
Provincial
26		 British Columbia
12 September 1960
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 29884(F) — 26 Feb 2024 08:17 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
47
IND
 9/12 2,010 3.75% -19,549 Winner:
CFF
 21,559 40.24% James H. Rhodes

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
Gordon Lionel Gibson		 08 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  8 Aug 2023 22:00 (but data presented dynamically)

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