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♂ Edward LeRoy Bowerman
aliasEdward Bowerman
Record
6564 · 9009

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
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Canada 1 1 2
Birth 2 June 1892 → 131 years + 10 months ago
Lived 84 years + 8 months
First mandate 11 June 1945 → 78 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 53 years
Death 17 February 1977 → 47 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 27 years + 7 months after 26 June 1949
Special notes
None
 
Edward LeRoy Bowerman (1892–1977)
© Photo 1945 House of Commons (Canada) — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ George R.A. (Ted) Bowerman (1930–2007) Son  
 
Well that's interesting!
Few today might remember Bowerman, a CCF MP from Saskatchewan from 1945 to 1949, but his victory in Prince Albert was rightly considered a huge upset, as he defeated the sitting Liberal prime minister, Mackenzie King, who then had to run in a by-election in the Ontario riding of Glengarry two months later to regain a seat in Parliament. Liberal Francis Helme then defeated Bowerman in the 1949 general election.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 4 0 15

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Francis H. Helme  m 
 		 ⊖ W.L. Mackenzie King  m 
 
Eligible: 21,856 Votes: 19,342 Participation: 88.50% Candidacies: 4
Federal
20		 Saskatchewan
11 June 1945
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 23352(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
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 → New to Parliament
Age
53
CCF
 1/4 7,928 40.99% +129 Loser:
LIB
 7,799 40.32% W.L. Mackenzie King

Service: 4 years 15 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 23,797 Votes: 18,614 Participation: 78.22% Candidacies: 3
Federal
21		 Saskatchewan
27 June 1949
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23613(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
57
CCF
 2/3 7,341 39.65% -1,575 Winner:
LIB
 8,916 48.16% Francis H. Helme

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Edward LeRoy Bowerman, M.P.		 21 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Edward LeRoy Bowerman, député		 21 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Edward LeRoy Bowerman		 21 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 21 Apr 2024 13:37 (but data presented dynamically)

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