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♂ Walter C. Buckle
aliasWalter C. Buckle
Record
8065 · 9390

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Saskatchewan 3 1 4
Birth 28 June 1881 → 142 years + 10 months ago
Lived 74 years + 1 month
First mandate 2 June 1925 → 98 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 43 years + 11 months
Death 25 August 1955 → 68 years + 8 months ago
Exit → Death 21 years + 2 months after 18 June 1934
Special notes
None
 

Walter C. Buckle (1881–1955)
No photo available
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 8 11 17 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Harvie J. Dorrance  m 
 		 ⊖ Hugh E. Jones  m 
 
Eligible: 4,360 Votes: 2,805 Participation: 64.33% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
6		 Saskatchewan
2 June 1925
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31374(F) — 10 Sep 2023 21:34 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
43
CONS
 1/3 1,349 48.09% +83 Loser:
LIB
 1,266 45.13% Hugh E. Jones

Service: 4 years 3 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 6,073 Votes: 4,884 Participation: 80.42% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
7		 Saskatchewan
6 June 1929
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
 CONS  9 Sep 1929
ID: 31495(F) — 27 Oct 2023 21:16 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
CONS
 1/2 2,939 60.18% +994 Loser:
LIB
 1,945 39.82% Moot Fritshaw
After his election:
9 Sep 1929 48
LIB
 →
CONS
 Change of government (became part of government)
9 Sep 1929 48
CONS
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran in a ministerial by-election
Service: 3 months 3 days (Oppo. & Gov't)
Eligible: 6,073 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
7		 Saskatchewan
7 October 1929
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Minority
ID: 31511(F) — 27 Oct 2023 21:16 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
48
CONS
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 4 years 8 months 11 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 10,283 Votes: 8,170 Participation: 79.45% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
8		 Saskatchewan
19 June 1934
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31559(F) — 28 Jul 2023 23:31 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
52
CONS
 2/3 2,407 29.46% -1,018 Winner:
LIB
 3,425 41.92% Harvie J. Dorrance

Online biographical references (4)

 Retrieved on
EN Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan, University of Regina
Buckle, Walter C. (1886-1955)		 23 Mar 2024
EN Find a Grave
Walter Clutterbuck Buckle		 23 Mar 2024
EN Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, SELD: Members of the Legislative Assembly
Buckle, Walter Clutterbuck 1886 – 1955 (p. 5)		 23 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Walter Clutterbuck Buckle		 23 Mar 2024

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