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♂ Sidney M. Spidell
aliasSidney M. Spidell
Record
58240 · 9340

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Saskatchewan 1 0 1
Birth 19 December 1900 → 123 years + 4 months ago
Lived ± 96 years
First mandate 15 June 1944 → 79 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 43 years + 5 months
Death c. February 1997 → 27 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death ± 51 years + 1 month after 15 December 1945
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 1 6 0 Z

Electoral history

Race 1  
Path points 2  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Benjamin T. Hyde  m 
 
 
Eligible: 6,515 Votes: 3,700 Participation: 56.79% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
10		 Saskatchewan
15 June 1944
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CCF  Majority
ID: 31651(F) — 10 Mar 2022 17:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
43
CCF
 1/3 2,763 74.68% +2,038 Loser:
PC
 725 19.59% Clifford B. Martin
After his election:
15 Dec 1945 44
CCF
 →
Vac.
 Left provincial politics
Service: 1 year 6 months (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 6,514 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
10		 Saskatchewan
27 June 1946
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CCF  Majority
ID: 31730(F) — 16 Sep 2023 12:57 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
45		 Successor:
CCF
 3,006 46.15% James W. Gibson

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
Sidney Merlin Spidell		 17 Sep 2023
EN Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, SELD: Members of the Legislative Assembly
Spidell, Sidney Merlin 1900 – 1997 (p. 35)		 17 Sep 2023
EN Wikipedia
Sidney Merlin Spidell		 17 Sep 2023

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