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♂ Sinclair A. Whittaker
aliasSinclair A. Whittaker
Record
65090 · 9156

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Saskatchewan 1 1 2
Birth c. 1888 → 136 years ago
Lived ± 86 years
First mandate 6 June 1929 → 94 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age ± 41 years
Death 10 July 1974 → 49 years + 9 months ago
Exit → Death 40 years + 22 days after 18 June 1934
Special notes
None
 

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 5 0 11 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Thomas Waddell  m  (2 runoffs)
 
 
Eligible: 5,475 Votes: 4,673 Participation: 85.35% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
7		 Saskatchewan
6 June 1929
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
 CONS  9 Sep 1929
ID: 31473(F) — 27 Oct 2023 20:11 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±41
CONS
 1/2 2,381 50.95% +89 Loser:
LIB
 2,292 49.05% Thomas Waddell
After his election:
9 Sep 1929 ±41
LIB
 →
CONS
 Change of government (became part of government)
Service: 5 years 12 days (Oppo. & Gov't)
Eligible: 5,958 Votes: 5,289 Participation: 88.77% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
8		 Saskatchewan
19 June 1934
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31541(F) — 24 Sep 2022 20:00 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
±46
IND
 3/3 1,075 20.33% -1,425 Winner:
LIB
 2,500 47.27% Thomas Waddell

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
Sinclair A. Whittaker		 27 Oct 2023
EN Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, SELD: Members of the Legislative Assembly
Whittaker, Sinclair Alexander 1888 – 1974 (p. 41)		 27 Oct 2023
EN Wikipedia
Sinclair Alexander Whittaker		 27 Oct 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 27 Oct 2023 21:35 (but data presented dynamically)

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