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♂ Martin Peder Pederson
aliasMartin Peder Pederson
Record
48747 · 9098

Swedish-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 20%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
Saskatchewan 1 3 4
Total 1 4 5
Birth 5 December 1921 → 102 years + 4 months ago
Lived 79 years + 8 months
First mandate 22 April 1964 → 60 years + 12 days ago
↳ at age 42 years + 4 months
Death 1 September 2001 → 22 years + 8 months ago
Exit → Death 33 years + 10 months after 10 October 1967
Special notes
None
 
Martin Peder Pederson (1921-2001)
© Photo 1958 Regina Leader-Post via The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan, University of Regina — 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
Saskatchewan 3 5 18 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. SK 13–16
PC
 1 Party leader 36–46 28 Oct 1958 — 30 Jun 1968 9 8 2

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
7 documented challengers
⊖ Major James W. Coldwell  m 
⊖ Gustav T. Froese  m 
⊖ Merle E. Snustead  m 
⊖ Robert A. Walker  m 
 		 ⊖ Gustaf H. Danielson  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Wilbert A. McIvor  m 
⊖ Hubert Staines  m 
 
Eligible: 7,456 Votes: 5,863 Participation: 78.63% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
12		 Saskatchewan
11 June 1952
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CCF  Majority
ID: 31746(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
30
PC
 3/3 455 7.76% -2,522 Winner:
CCF
 2,977 50.78% Robert A. Walker
Eligible: 26,682 Votes: 20,624 Participation: 77.30% Candidacies: 5
Federal
22		 Saskatchewan
10 August 1953
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23927(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
31
PC
 3/5 2,360 11.49% -9,044 Winner:
CCF
 11,404 55.51% Major James W. Coldwell
Eligible: 6,899 Votes: 5,940 Participation: 86.10% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
14		 Saskatchewan
8 June 1960
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CCF  Majority
ID: 31836(F) — 4 Aug 2023 23:06 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature (Party leader)
Age
38
PC
 3/4 1,518 25.56% -471 Winner:
LIB
 1,989 33.48% Gustaf H. Danielson
Eligible: 6,923 Votes: 5,896 Participation: 85.17% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
15		 Saskatchewan
22 April 1964
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31888(F) — 4 Aug 2023 23:06 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature (Party leader)
Age
42
PC
 1/3 2,326 39.45% +306 Loser:
LIB
 2,020 34.26% Gustaf H. Danielson

Service: 3 years 5 months 18 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 6,215 Votes: 5,038 Participation: 81.06% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
16		 Saskatchewan
11 October 1967
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 13309(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent → (Party leader)
Age
45
PC
 2/3 1,895 37.61% -34 Winner:
LIB
 1,929 38.29% Wilbert A. McIvor

Online biographical references (4)

 Retrieved on
EN Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan, University of Regina
Pederson, Martin Peder (1921-2001)		 27 Mar 2024
EN Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, SELD: Members of the Legislative Assembly
Pederson, Martin Peder 1921 – 2001 (p. 30)		 27 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Martin Pederson		 27 Mar 2024
FR Wikipédia
Martin Pederson		 27 Mar 2024

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