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♂ Samuel Gargan
aliasSamuel Gargan
Record
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Dene   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 80%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Northwest Territories 4 1 5
Birth 19 February 1948
Age 76 years + 2 months
First mandate 21 November 1983 → 40 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 35 years + 9 months
 
Mandate ended 24 years + 4 months ago (5 December 1999)
Special notes
None
 
Samuel Gargan (1948– )
© Photo 2019 Tracy Fuller / CBC — 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
Northwest Territories 16 0 11 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NT 12–13
INDE
 1 Speaker 46–51 15 Feb 1995 — 18 Jan 2000 4 11 3

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
1 documented challenger
⊕ Michael McLeod  m 
 
 
Eligible: 463 Votes: 302 Participation: 65.23% Candidacies: 2
Territorial
10		 Northwest Territories
21 November 1983
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  INDE  Minority
ID: 30751(F) — 22 Jan 2023 12:28 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
35
IND
 1/2 177 59.60% +57 Loser:
IND
 120 40.40% Joachim Bonnetrouge

Service: 3 years 10 months 13 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 527 Votes: 471 Participation: 89.37% Candidacies: 3
Territorial
11		 Northwest Territories
5 October 1987
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  INDE  Minority
ID: 30777(F) — 22 Jan 2023 11:57 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
39
IND
 1/3 246 53.13% +72 Loser:
IND
 174 37.58% Roy Fabian

Service: 4 years 9 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: 30802(F) — 22 Jan 2023 05:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
IND
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 4 years (Oppo.)
Eligible: 647 Votes: 611 Participation: 94.44% Candidacies: 3
Territorial
13		 Northwest Territories
16 October 1995
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  INDE  Minority
ID: 30826(F) — 22 Jan 2023 00:32 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
IND
 1/3 333 54.77% +144 Loser:
IND
 189 31.09% Joachim Bonnetrouge

Service: 4 years 1 month 19 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 730 Votes: 615 Participation: 84.25% Candidacies: 2
Territorial
14		 Northwest Territories
6 December 1999
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  INDE  Minority
ID: 30846(F) — 21 Jan 2023 23:54 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
51
IND
 2/2 228 37.38% -154 Winner:
IND
 382 62.62% Michael McLeod

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN OpenNWT: Politicians
Samuel Gargan		 19 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Samuel Gargan		 19 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 19 Feb 2024 09:43 (but data presented dynamically)

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