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♂ J. Wilfrid Gardiner
aliasJ. Wilfrid Gardiner
Record
21994 · 9279

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 38%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
Saskatchewan 3 4 7
Total 3 5 8
Birth 27 July 1924 → 99 years + 9 months ago
Lived 78 years + 2 months
First mandate 20 June 1956 → 67 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 31 years + 10 months
Death 3 October 2002 → 21 years + 7 months ago
Exit → Death 34 years + 11 months after 10 October 1967
Special notes
None
 

J. Wilfrid Gardiner (1924–2002)
No photo available
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ James G. Gardiner (1883–1962) Father  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Saskatchewan 11 3 17 Z

Electoral history

Races 8  
Path points 8  
7 documented challengers
⊖ Jacob Benson  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Russell Brown  m 
⊖ Martin Kelln  m 
⊖ Walter E. Smishek  m 
 		 ⊖ A. Percy Brown  m 
⊖ F. Alvin G. Hamilton  m 
⊖ John R. Kowalchuk  m 
 
Eligible: 9,361 Votes: 7,975 Participation: 85.19% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
11		 Saskatchewan
24 June 1948
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CCF  Majority
ID: 31695(F) — 27 Oct 2023 21:53 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
23
LIB
 2/3 3,001 37.63% -754 Winner:
CCF
 3,755 47.08% Jacob Benson
Eligible: 9,457 Votes: 7,757 Participation: 82.02% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
12		 Saskatchewan
11 June 1952
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CCF  Majority
ID: 31751(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
27
LIB
 2/4 2,272 29.29% -1,211 Winner:
CCF
 3,483 44.90% Russell Brown
Eligible: 11,128 Votes: 9,565 Participation: 85.95% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
13		 Saskatchewan
20 June 1956
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CCF  Majority
ID: 31807(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
31
LIB
 1/4 3,946 41.25% +138 Loser:
CCF
 3,808 39.81% A. Percy Brown

Service: 3 years 11 months 18 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 10,389 Votes: 8,895 Participation: 85.62% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
14		 Saskatchewan
8 June 1960
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CCF  Majority
ID: 31857(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
35
LIB
 1/4 3,687 41.45% +276 Loser:
CCF
 3,411 38.35% Joseph Elfenbaum

Service: 3 years 10 months 13 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 10,106 Votes: 8,341 Participation: 82.54% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
15		 Saskatchewan
22 April 1964
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31909(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
39
LIB
 1/3 3,485 41.78% +256 Loser:
NCCF
 3,229 38.71% William Wiwchar

Service: 3 years 5 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 9,929 Votes: 7,846 Participation: 79.02% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
16		 Saskatchewan
11 October 1967
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 13328(F) — 9 Sep 2023 15:43 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
43
LIB
 2/3 3,463 44.14% -121 Winner:
NCCF
 3,584 45.68% John R. Kowalchuk
Eligible: 16,427 Votes: 12,907 Participation: 78.57% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
17		 Saskatchewan
23 June 1971
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NPD  Majority
ID: 13282(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
46
LIB
 2/2 4,147 32.13% -4,613 Winner:
NPD
 8,760 67.87% Walter E. Smishek
Eligible: 37,029 Votes: 27,779 Participation: 75.02% Candidacies: 5
Federal
30		 Saskatchewan
8 July 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10648(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
49
IND
 5/5 316 1.14% -12,858 Winner:
PC
 13,174 47.42% F. Alvin G. Hamilton

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, SELD: Members of the Legislative Assembly
Gardiner, James Wilfrid 1924 – 2002 (p. 12)		 24 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
James Wilfrid Gardiner		 24 Mar 2024

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