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♂ Claude H. Richmond
aliasClaude H. Richmond
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
British Columbia 5 0 5
Birth 3 August 1935
Age 88 years + 8 months
First mandate 14 May 1981 → 42 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 45 years + 9 months
 
Mandate ended 14 years + 11 months ago (11 May 2009)
Special notes
None
 
Claude H. Richmond (1935– )
© 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 18 4 24 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. BC 37
LIB
 1 Speaker 65–69 19 Jun 2001 — 16 May 2005 3 10 27

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 7  
3 documented challengers
⊕ Catherine McGregor  f 
⊕ S.D. Boland (Bud) Smith  m 
 		 ⊖ Peter C. Rolston  m 
 
Eligible: 44,429 Votes: 24,181 Participation: 54.43% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
32		 British Columbia
14 May 1981
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 30216(F) — 4 Mar 2022 22:17 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
45
SC
 1/5 10,833 45.13% +775 Loser:
NDP
 10,058 41.90% Howard D. Dack

Service: 1 year 11 months 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 48,528 Votes: 37,328 Participation: 76.92% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
33		 British Columbia
5 May 1983
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 35799(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
SC
 1/4 21,114 57.11% +6,487 Loser:
NDP
 14,627 39.56% David P. Reiter

Service: 3 years 5 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 45,816 Votes: 69,322 Participation: 75.65% Candidacies: 7
Provincial
34		 British Columbia
22 October 1986
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 35851(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
SC
 1/7 17,478 51.27% +1,036 Loser:
NDP
 16,442 48.24% Kenna E. Cartwright

Service: 4 years 11 months 24 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 28,872 Votes: 20,687 Participation: 71.65% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
35		 British Columbia
17 October 1991
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 7875(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
56		 Successor:
NDP
 8,926 43.67% Arthur L. Charbonneau
Eligible: 29,881 Votes: 20,534 Participation: 68.72% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
37		 British Columbia
16 May 2001
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 8029(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:23 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
65
LIB
 1/6 12,258 60.21% +7,666 Loser:
NDP
 4,592 22.55% Catherine McGregor

Service: 4 years (Gov't)
Eligible: 38,589 Votes: 23,851 Participation: 61.81% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
38		 British Columbia
17 May 2005
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 8109(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:23 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
69
LIB
 1/4 11,261 47.58% +1,375 Loser:
NDP
 9,886 41.77% Doug Brown

Service: 3 years 11 months 24 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 40,645 Votes: 23,396 Participation: 57.56% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
39		 British Columbia
12 May 2009
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 8192(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:23 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
73		 Successor:
LIB
 12,548 53.86% Kevin Krueger

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
Claude Richmond		 01 Jan 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
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