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♂ David McKnight
aliasDavid McKnight
Record
41902 · 9229

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Saskatchewan 1 1 2
Birth 5 April 1880 → 144 years ago
Lived ± 78 years
First mandate 23 December 1930 → 93 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 50 years + 8 months
Death c. 1959 → 65 years ago
Exit → Death ± 27 years + 10 months after 8 February 1931
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 0 1 16 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
3 documented challengers
⊖ H. Gordon Gallaway  m 
⊖ Norman L. McLeod  m 
 		 ⊖ Eleazer W. Garner  m 
 
Eligible: 5,371 Votes: 4,665 Participation: 86.86% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
7		 Saskatchewan
6 June 1929
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 31455(F) — 27 Oct 2023 14:41 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
49
CONS
 2/3 1,691 36.25% -732 Winner:
LIB
 2,423 51.94% Eleazer W. Garner
Eligible: inc. Votes: 5,386 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
7		 Saskatchewan
23 December 1930
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Minority
ID: 31513(F) — 16 Jun 2023 10:51 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
50
CONS
 1/2 2,700 50.13% +14 Loser:
LIB
 2,686 49.87% Norman L. McLeod
After his election:
8 Feb 1931 50
CONS
 →
Vac.
 Election cancelled/Unseated
Service: 1 month 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,371 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
7		 Saskatchewan
9 February 1931
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Minority
ID: 31514(F) — 1 Sep 2023 18:19 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
50		 Successor:
LIB
 Acclam. Norman L. McLeod

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
David McKnight		 27 Oct 2023
EN Wikipedia
7th Saskatchewan Legislature, By-elections		 27 Oct 2023

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