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♂ George Maitland Atkinson
aliasGeorge Atkinson
Record
1786 · 9376

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Saskatchewan 2 1 3
Birth 14 November 1860 → 163 years + 5 months ago
Lived ± 79 years
First mandate 14 August 1908 → 115 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 47 years + 9 months
Death c. 1940 → 84 years ago
Exit → Death ± 22 years + 6 months after 25 June 1917
Special notes
None
 

George Maitland Atkinson (1860–c.1940)
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Family tie with other documented individual
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Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Saskatchewan 8 10 9 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
1 documented challenger
⊖ John M. Parker  m 
 
 
Eligible: 1,578 Votes: 978 Participation: 61.98% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
2		 Saskatchewan
14 August 1908
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31095(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
47
LIB
 1/2 566 57.87% +154 Loser:
PRP
 412 42.13% Joseph Hollis

Service: 3 years 10 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 2,835 Votes: 1,522 Participation: 53.69% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
3		 Saskatchewan
11 July 1912
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31156(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
LIB
 1/2 1,066 70.04% +610 Loser:
CONS
 456 29.96% William Brice

Service: 4 years 11 months 14 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,031 Votes: 3,000 Participation: 74.42% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
4		 Saskatchewan
26 June 1917
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31232(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
56		 Successor:
LIB
 2,163 72.10% John M. Parker
Eligible: 5,161 Votes: 3,384 Participation: 65.57% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
6		 Saskatchewan
2 June 1925
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31375(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
64
PROG
 2/2 1,647 48.67% -90 Winner:
LIB
 1,737 51.33% John M. Parker

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
George Maitland Atkinson		 28 Apr 2024
EN Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, SELD: Members of the Legislative Assembly
Atkinson, George Maitland 1860 – 1940 (p. 1)		 28 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
George Maitland Atkinson		 28 Apr 2024

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