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♂ Mitchell William Sharp
aliasMitchell Sharp
Record
56222 · 92

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 83%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 5 1 6
Birth 11 May 1911 → 112 years + 11 months ago
Lived 92 years + 10 months
First mandate 8 April 1963 → 61 years + 24 days ago
↳ at age 51 years + 10 months
Death 19 March 2004 → 20 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 25 years + 10 months after 1 May 1978
Special notes
None
 
Mitchell William Sharp (1911–2004)
© Photo 1974 House of Commons (Canada) — 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
Canada 15 0 19

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 26
LIB
 1 Minister 51–54 22 Apr 1963 — 03 Jan 1966 2 8 12
2. CA 26
LIB
 1 ✓ Minister 54 11 Nov 1965 — 17 Dec 1965 0 1 6
3. CA 26
LIB
 1 ✓ Minister 54 11 Nov 1965 — 17 Dec 1965 0 1 6
4. CA 26
LIB
 1 ✓ Minister 54 11 Nov 1965 — 17 Dec 1965 0 1 6
5. CA 27
LIB
 2 Minister 54–56 18 Dec 1965 — 19 Apr 1968 2 4 1
6. CA 27
LIB
 2 Minister 54–56 18 Dec 1965 — 19 Apr 1968 2 4 1
7. CA 27
LIB
 2 Minister 54–55 18 Dec 1965 — 30 Sep 1966 0 9 12
8. CA 27–29
LIB
 1 Minister of State/responsible 56–63 20 Apr 1968 — 07 Aug 1974 6 3 18
 1. Trade and Commerce
 2. President of the Treasury Board [Finance] [Int]
 3. Receiver General [Finance] [Int]
 4. Finance [Int]
 5. Finance
 6. Receiver General [Finance]
 7. President of the Treasury Board [Finance]
 8. External Affairs

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 7  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Hardial S. Bains  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Donald M. Fleming  m 
 		 ⊖ Dalton K. Camp  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 40,990 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
25		 Ontario
18 June 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24591(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
51
LIB
 2/4 17,888 43.64% -760 Winner:
PC
 18,648 45.49% Donald M. Fleming
Eligible: inc. Votes: 41,350 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
26		 Ontario
8 April 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 24855(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
51
LIB
 1/3 22,215 53.72% +8,231 Loser:
PC
 13,984 33.82% Eric Hardy

Service: 2 years 6 months 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 50,224 Votes: 41,519 Participation: 82.67% Candidacies: 3
Federal
27		 Ontario
8 November 1965
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 25124(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
54
LIB
 1/3 18,719 45.62% +1,942 Loser:
PC
 16,777 40.89% Dalton K. Camp

Service: 2 years 7 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 39,188 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
28		 Ontario
25 June 1968
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 9964(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
57
LIB
 1/4 23,215 59.24% +12,060 Loser:
PC
 11,155 28.47% Murray R. Maynard

Service: 4 years 4 months 4 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 52,875 Votes: 42,585 Participation: 80.54% Candidacies: 4
Federal
29		 Ontario
30 October 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 10219(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
61
LIB
 1/4 19,389 45.53% +1,570 Loser:
PC
 17,819 41.84% Murray R. Maynard

Service: 1 year 8 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 52,008 Votes: 41,133 Participation: 79.09% Candidacies: 6
Federal
30		 Ontario
8 July 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10483(F) — 29 Jan 2022 22:36 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
63
LIB
 1/6 19,951 48.82% +3,139 Loser:
PC
 16,812 41.14% Murray R. Maynard
After his election:
1 May 1978 66
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Left federal politics
Service: 3 years 9 months 23 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 52,008 Votes: 29,727 Participation: 57.16% Candidacies: 3
Federal
30		 Ontario
16 October 1978
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10896(F) — 20 Feb 2024 18:00 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
67		 Successor:
PC
 19,485 65.55% Rob Parker

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Mitchell William Sharp, P.C., C.C., M.P.		 13 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Mitchell William Sharp, C.P., C.C., député		 13 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Mitchell Sharp		 13 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Mitchell Sharp		 13 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 13 Apr 2024 17:45 (but data presented dynamically)

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