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♂ Anthony W.J. Whitford
aliasAnthony W.J. Whitford
Record
65042 · 8878

Metis   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Northwest Territories 3 1 4
Birth 11 June 1941
Age 82 years + 10 months
First mandate 31 October 1988 → 35 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 47 years + 4 months
 
Mandate ended 20 years + 5 months ago (23 November 2003)
Special notes
None
 
Anthony W.J. Whitford (1941– ) 200x196
© Photo 2006 Blwhitford — 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
Northwest Territories 10 10 30 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NT 14
INDE
 1 Speaker 58–62 19 Jan 2000 — 10 Dec 2003 3 10 21

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
1 documented challenger
⊕ Seamus Henry  m 
 
 
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Territorial
11		 Northwest Territories
31 October 1988
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  INDE  Minority
ID: 30960(F) — 22 Jan 2023 05:26 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
47
IND
 1/1 By acclamation ?

Service: 2 years 11 months 14 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Territorial
12		 Northwest Territories
15 October 1991
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  INDE  Minority
ID: 30821(F) — 22 Jan 2023 05:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
IND
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 4 years (Oppo.)
Eligible: 3,625 Votes: 2,340 Participation: 64.55% Candidacies: 3
Territorial
13		 Northwest Territories
16 October 1995
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  INDE  Minority
ID: 30845(F) — 22 Jan 2023 00:56 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
54
IND
 2/3 968 41.39% -4 Winner:
IND
 972 41.56% Seamus Henry
Eligible: 1,246 Votes: 730 Participation: 58.59% Candidacies: 3
Territorial
14		 Northwest Territories
6 December 1999
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  INDE  Minority
ID: 30853(F) — 22 Jan 2023 00:03 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
58
IND
 1/3 584 80.44% +510 Loser:
IND
 74 10.19% Beaton MacKenzie

Service: 3 years 11 months 17 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 1,122 Votes: 751 Participation: 66.93% Candidacies: 3
Territorial
15		 Northwest Territories
24 November 2003
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  INDE  Minority
ID: 30872(F) — 21 Jan 2023 23:04 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
62		 Successor:
IND
 372 49.53% David Ramsay

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN OpenNWT: Politicians
Tony Whitford		 01 Jan 2024
EN Wikipedia
Tony Whitford		 01 Jan 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  1 Jan 2024 01:13 (but data presented dynamically)

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