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♂ Francis Heselton Helme
aliasFrancis Helme
Record
26935 · 9052

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 0 1
Birth 26 August 1899 → 124 years + 8 months ago
Lived 84 years + 8 months
First mandate 27 June 1949 → 74 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 49 years + 10 months
Death 11 May 1984 → 39 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death 30 years + 9 months after 9 August 1953
Special notes
None
 
Francis Heselton Helme (1899–1984)
© Photo 1949 House of Commons (Canada) — 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
Canada 4 1 12

Electoral history

Race 1  
Path points 2  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Edward L. Bowerman  m 
 
 
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
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
49
LIB
 1/3 8,916 48.16% +1,575 Loser:
CCF
 7,341 39.65% Edward L. Bowerman

Service: 4 years 1 month 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 28,793 Votes: 22,890 Participation: 79.50% Candidacies: 4
Federal
22		 Saskatchewan
10 August 1953
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23924(F) — 26 Mar 2024 22:17 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
53		 Successor:
PC
 10,038 44.07% John G. Diefenbaker

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Francis Heselton Helme		 21 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Francis Heselton Helme		 21 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Francis Helme		 21 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 21 Apr 2024 13:44 (but data presented dynamically)

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