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♂ Simonie Michael E7-551
aliasSimonie Michael E7-551
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Northwest Territories 2 1 3
Birth 2 March 1933 → 91 years + 1 month ago
Lived 75 years + 8 months
First mandate 19 September 1966 → 57 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 33 years + 6 months
Death 15 November 2008 → 15 years + 5 months ago
Exit → Death 37 years + 10 months after 20 December 1970
Special notes
None
 
Simonie Michael E7-551 (1933–2008)
© Photo 2002/2023 CBC Television — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
The federal government, wanting to track the Inuit but finding their traditional names too difficult, implemented a numbered disc system in the 1940s. As such, according to the government, Michael's surname was E7–551. Michael is widely credited for prompting the government to pass a motion authorising Project Surname to replace number-names with patrilineal family surnames.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Northwest Territories 4 2 30 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Bryan S. Pearson  m 
 		 ⊖ Welland W. (Weldy) Phipps  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 2,066 Votes: 1,441 Participation: 69.75% Candidacies: 3
Territorial
5		 Northwest Territories
19 September 1966
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  INDE  Majority
ID: 30692(F) — 2 Sep 2023 19:04 ET
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 → New to this legislature
Age
33
IND
 1/3 892 64.17% +573 Loser:
IND
 319 22.95% Gord Bennie

Service: 9 months 14 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 2,176 Votes: 1,325 Participation: 60.89% Candidacies: 2
Territorial
6		 Northwest Territories
4 July 1967
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  INDE  Majority
ID: 30687(F) — 2 Sep 2023 19:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
34
IND
 1/2 656 50.93% +24 Loser:
IND
 632 49.07% Bryan S. Pearson

Service: 3 years 5 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 955 Votes: 787 Participation: 82.41% Candidacies: 3
Territorial
7		 Northwest Territories
21 December 1970
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  INDE  Majority
ID: 30704(F) — 2 Sep 2023 19:04 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
37
IND
 3/3 31 4.01% -479 Winner:
IND
 510 65.98% Welland W. (Weldy) Phipps

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
Simonie Michael		 02 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  2 Feb 2024 23:51 (but data presented dynamically)

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