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♂ Ben D. Putnam
aliasBen D. Putnam
Record
51129 · 9301

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Saskatchewan 1 1 2
Birth 15 January 1886 → 138 years + 3 months ago
Lived ± 69 years
First mandate 15 June 1944 → 79 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 58 years + 5 months
Death c. 1956 → 68 years ago
Exit → Death ± 7 years + 6 months after 23 June 1948
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 4 0 8 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Arnold W. Loehr  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Joseph A. Thauberger  m 
 
Eligible: 8,152 Votes: 6,618 Participation: 81.18% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
10		 Saskatchewan
15 June 1944
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CCF  Majority
ID: 31638(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
58
CCF
 1/3 3,587 54.20% +914 Loser:
LIB
 2,673 40.39% Arnold W. Loehr

Service: 4 years 8 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 8,643 Votes: 7,861 Participation: 90.95% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
11		 Saskatchewan
24 June 1948
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CCF  Majority
ID: 31691(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
62
CCF
 2/3 2,657 33.80% -32 Winner:
LIB
 2,689 34.21% Arnold W. Loehr

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
Ben D Putnam		 17 Sep 2023
EN Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, SELD: Members of the Legislative Assembly
Putnam, Ben 1886 – 1956 (p. 31)		 17 Sep 2023
EN Wikipedia
Ben Putnam		 17 Sep 2023

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