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♂ Norman W. Whittaker
aliasNorman W. Whittaker
Record
65086 · 8646

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 80%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
British Columbia 4 1 5
Birth 18 November 1893 → 130 years + 5 months ago
Lived 91 years + 6 months
First mandate 1 November 1933 → 90 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 39 years + 11 months
Death 12 June 1985 → 38 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 37 years + 8 months after 13 September 1947
Special notes
None
 
Norman W. Whittaker (1893–1985) 200x206
© Photo Legislative Assembly, British Columbia — Public domain
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 13 10 8 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. BC 19–20
LIB
 1 Speaker 43–48 01 Jun 1937 — 09 Dec 1941 4 6 8
2. BC 20–21
COAL
 2 Speaker 48–53 10 Dec 1941 — 13 Sep 1947 5 9 3

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Macgregor F. Macintosh  m 
 		 ⊖ Simon F. Tolmie  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 5,811 Votes: 4,287 Participation: 73.77% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
17		 British Columbia
18 July 1928
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 29365(F) — 3 Mar 2022 10:50 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
34
LIB
 2/2 1,836 43.56% -543 Winner:
CONS
 2,379 56.44% Simon F. Tolmie
Eligible: 7,509 Votes: 5,765 Participation: 76.77% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
18		 British Columbia
1 November 1933
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 29419(F) — 14 Oct 2021 22:20 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
39
LIB
 1/4 2,171 37.97% +348 Loser:
UNIO
 1,823 31.88% Simon F. Tolmie

Service: 3 years 6 months 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 8,587 Votes: 5,916 Participation: 68.89% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
19		 British Columbia
1 June 1937
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 29456(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
LIB
 1/6 2,106 36.14% +447 Loser:
CONS
 1,659 28.47% Leslie F. Osborne

Service: 4 years 4 months 19 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 11,517 Votes: 8,499 Participation: 73.80% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
20		 British Columbia
21 October 1941
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
 COAL  9 Dec 1941
ID: 29542(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
LIB
 1/3 3,017 36.17% +78 Loser:
CONS
 2,939 35.24% Macgregor F. Macintosh
After his election:
9 Dec 1941 48
LIB
 →
LIB
 Change of government (remained in government)
Service: 4 years 3 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 13,084 Votes: 9,497 Participation: 72.58% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
21		 British Columbia
25 October 1945
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  COAL  Majority
ID: 29592(F) — 23 Sep 2022 12:16 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
LIB
 1/4 5,414 57.85% +1,983 Loser:
CFF
 3,431 36.66% Martin A. Neilson
After his election:
13 Sep 1947 53
LIB
 →
Vac.
 To accept an appointment (judge, senator, etc.)
Service: 1 year 10 months 19 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 20,257 Votes: 11,274 Participation: 55.65% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
21		 British Columbia
23 February 1948
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  COAL  Majority
ID: 30220(F) — 23 Sep 2022 12:20 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
54		 Successor:
LIB
 5,942 52.71% Arthur J.R. Ash

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
Norman William Whittaker		 01 Jan 2024
FR Wikipédia
Norman William Whittaker		 01 Jan 2024

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