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♀ Maria Margharita Merchant
aliasSally Merchant
Record
42961 · 9418

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Saskatchewan 1 0 1
Birth 1 October 1919 → 104 years + 7 months ago
Lived 87 years + 6 months
First mandate 22 April 1964 → 60 years + 11 days ago
↳ at age 44 years + 6 months
Death 1 April 2007 → 17 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 39 years + 5 months after 10 October 1967
Special notes
None
 
Maria Margharita (Sally) Merchant (1919–2007)
© Photo Regina Leader-Post — Fair trade
Family ties with other documented individuals
⊕ Otto E. Lang (1932–) Son-in-law
⊖ Donald S. Macdonald (1932–2018) Son-in-law
⊕ E.F. Anthony Merchant (c. 1944–) Son  
⊕ Pana P. Merchant (1943–) Daughter-in-law
⊖ Robert K. Smith (1887–1973) Uncle  
⊖ Vincent R. Smith (1890–1960) Father  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Saskatchewan 3 5 18 Z

Electoral history

Race 1  
Path points 2  
9 documented challengers
⊖ Lewis M. Brand  m 
⊖ J. Jeffrey Charlebois  m 
⊖ Ramon J. Hnatyshyn  m 
⊖ Alexander M. Nicholson  m 
⊖ Gladys G.M. Strum  f 
 		 ⊖ J. Edward Brockelbank  m 
⊖ Clarence L.B. Estey  m 
⊖ Harry D. Link  m 
⊖ Wesley A. Robbins  m 
 
Eligible: 53,447 Votes: 213,372 Participation: 79.84% Candidacies: 15
Provincial
15		 Saskatchewan
22 April 1964
General
Plurality-at-large (5)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31924(F) — 25 Sep 2022 12:10 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
44
LIB
 4/15 16,068 37.65% +307 Loser:
LIB
 15,761 36.93% Clarence L.B. Estey

Service: 3 years 5 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 16,917 Votes: 12,862 Participation: 76.03% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
16		 Saskatchewan
11 October 1967
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 13351(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
48		 Successor:
LIB
 6,096 47.40% J. Jeffrey Charlebois

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, SELD: Members of the Legislative Assembly
Merchant, Sally Maria Margharita 1919 – 2007 (p. 27)		 12 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Sally Merchant		 12 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
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