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♀ Margaret Frances Hobbs
aliasMargaret Hobbs
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
British Columbia 1 1 2
Birth 15 March 1909 → 115 years + 1 month ago
Lived 88 years + 4 months
First mandate 4 September 1962 → 61 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 53 years + 5 months
Death 14 August 1997 → 26 years + 8 months ago
Exit → Death 33 years + 10 months after 29 September 1963
Special notes
None
 
Margaret Frances Hobbs (1909–1997)
© Photo — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ George (Tiny) Hobbs (1907–1962) Spouse  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
British Columbia 1 0 24 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Arvid W. Lundell  m  (2 runoffs)
 
 
Eligible: 4,108 Votes: 2,691 Participation: 65.51% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
26		 British Columbia
4 September 1962
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 29917(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
53
NDP
 1/3 1,127 42.12% +61 Loser:
SC
 1,066 39.84% Arvid W. Lundell

Service: 1 year 25 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 3,704 Votes: 2,858 Participation: 77.16% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
27		 British Columbia
30 September 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 29948(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
54
NDP
 2/4 1,071 37.67% -105 Winner:
SC
 1,176 41.36% Arvid W. Lundell

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
Margaret Hobbs		 01 May 2024
FR Wikipédia
Margaret Hobbs		 01 May 2024

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