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♂ Bruce McLaughlin
aliasBruce McLaughlin
Record
41966 · 8902

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 60%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
Northwest Territories 3 1 4
Total 3 2 5
Birth 15 January 1946
Age 78 years + 3 months
First mandate 1 October 1979 → 44 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 33 years + 8 months
 
Mandate ended 32 years + 6 months ago (14 October 1991)
Special notes
None
 
Bruce McLaughlin (1946– )
© Photo 2011 Rosetown1 — licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
With changes in technology and practices, some people can claim that a job they once had no longer exists today. But McLaughlin can claim it's the town he represented in the Legislature of the Northwest Territories that no longer exists, as Pine Point was closed in 1988 — a year after the mine producing lead and zinc ores was closed. He then failed to get re-elected in Yellowknife Centre in 1991.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Northwest Territories 12 0 11 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
3 documented challengers
⊕ Dennis F. Bevington  m 
⊕ Brian W. Lewis  m 
 		 ⊕ Ethel D. Blondin-Andrew  f 
 
Eligible: 729 Votes: 421 Participation: 57.75% Candidacies: 3
Territorial
9		 Northwest Territories
1 October 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  INDE  Minority
ID: 30744(F) — 22 Jan 2023 13:38 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
33
IND
 1/3 156 37.05% +8 Loser:
IND
 148 35.15% Don Hendry

Service: 4 years 1 month 19 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 768 Votes: 556 Participation: 72.40% Candidacies: 2
Territorial
10		 Northwest Territories
21 November 1983
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  INDE  Minority
ID: 30764(F) — 22 Jan 2023 12:47 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
37
IND
 1/2 421 76.13% +289 Loser:
IND
 132 23.87% Clifford Reid

Service: 3 years 10 months 13 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 361 Votes: 296 Participation: 81.99% Candidacies: 2
Territorial
11		 Northwest Territories
5 October 1987
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  INDE  Minority
ID: 30790(F) — 22 Jan 2023 12:09 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
41
IND
 1/2 225 76.27% +155 Loser:
IND
 70 23.73% Clifford Reid

Service: 4 years 9 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 1,747 Votes: 6 Participation: 52.09% Candidacies: 5
Territorial
12		 Northwest Territories
15 October 1991
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  INDE  Minority
ID: 30819(F) — 22 Jan 2023 05:20 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
45
IND
 2/5 262 0.00% -23 Winner:
IND
 285 0.00% Brian W. Lewis
Eligible: 24,716 Votes: 12,912 Participation: 52.24% Candidacies: 4
Federal
37		 Northwest Territories
27 November 2000
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2643(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
54
PC
 4/4 1,282 9.98% -4,573 Winner:
LIB
 5,855 45.60% Ethel D. Blondin-Andrew

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN OpenNWT: Politicians
Bruce McLaughlin		 16 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Bruce McLaughlin		 16 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 16 Mar 2024 19:44 (but data presented dynamically)

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