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♂ Harold E. Stafford
aliasHarold E. Stafford
Record
58545 · 93

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 40%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 2 3 5
Birth 20 April 1921 → 103 years ago
Lived 83 years + 8 months
First mandate 8 November 1965 → 58 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 44 years + 6 months
Death 18 January 2005 → 19 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 32 years + 2 months after 29 October 1972
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
Canada 6 11 19

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
2 documented challengers
⊖ James A. McBain  m  (3 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ John Wise  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 27,618 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
25		 Ontario
18 June 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24592(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
41
LIB
 2/4 12,491 45.23% -78 Winner:
PC
 12,569 45.51% James A. McBain
Eligible: inc. Votes: 28,751 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
26		 Ontario
8 April 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 24856(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
41
LIB
 2/4 12,910 44.90% -1,047 Winner:
PC
 13,957 48.54% James A. McBain
Eligible: 33,952 Votes: 27,965 Participation: 82.37% Candidacies: 4
Federal
27		 Ontario
8 November 1965
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 25125(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
44
LIB
 1/4 13,343 48.17% +1,034 Loser:
PC
 12,309 44.43% James A. McBain

Service: 2 years 7 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 28,882 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
28		 Ontario
25 June 1968
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 9965(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
LIB
 1/3 12,856 44.51% +1,057 Loser:
PC
 11,799 40.85% John S. Ker

Service: 4 years 4 months 4 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 41,189 Votes: 33,915 Participation: 82.34% Candidacies: 3
Federal
29		 Ontario
30 October 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 10220(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
51
LIB
 2/3 13,289 39.18% -3,992 Winner:
PC
 17,281 50.95% John Wise

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Harold Edwin Stafford, M.P.		 23 Oct 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Harold Edwin Stafford, député		 23 Oct 2023
EN Wikipedia
Harold Stafford		 23 Oct 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 23 Oct 2023 21:10 (but data presented dynamically)

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