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♂ Alastair W. Gillespie
aliasAlastair W. Gillespie
Record
23021 · 95

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 3 1 4
Birth 1 May 1922 → 102 years ago
Lived 96 years + 3 months
First mandate 25 June 1968 → 55 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 46 years + 1 month
Death 19 August 2018 → 5 years + 8 months ago
Exit → Death 39 years + 2 months after 21 May 1979
Special notes
None
 
Alastair W. Gillespie (1922–2018)
© Photo 1974 House of Commons (Canada) — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
⊕ David A. Anderson (1937–) Cousin  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 10 10 23

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 28–29
LIB
 1 Minister 50–53 27 Nov 1972 — 25 Sep 1975 2 9 29
2. CA 30
LIB
 1 Minister 53–57 26 Sep 1975 — 03 Jun 1979 3 8 8
 1. Industry, Trade and Commerce
 2. Energy, Mines and Resources

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
2 documented challengers
⊕ John W. Thomson  m 
 		 ⊖ Michael H. Wilson  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 57,297 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
28		 Ontario
25 June 1968
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 9967(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
46
LIB
 1/3 32,066 55.96% +14,267 Loser:
PC
 17,799 31.06% Arthur E. Harnett

Service: 4 years 4 months 4 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 86,593 Votes: 71,417 Participation: 82.47% Candidacies: 4
Federal
29		 Ontario
30 October 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 10222(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
LIB
 1/4 32,008 44.82% +3,112 Loser:
PC
 28,896 40.46% John Van den Heuvel

Service: 1 year 8 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 92,769 Votes: 73,969 Participation: 79.73% Candidacies: 5
Federal
30		 Ontario
8 July 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10486(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
LIB
 1/5 37,847 51.34% +9,654 Loser:
PC
 28,193 38.24% John W. Thomson

Service: 4 years 10 months 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 73,958 Votes: 61,352 Participation: 82.96% Candidacies: 7
Federal
31		 Ontario
22 May 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 4430(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
57
LIB
 2/7 23,141 37.72% -8,357 Winner:
PC
 31,498 51.34% Michael H. Wilson

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Alastair William Gillespie, P.C., O.C., M.P.		 30 Jan 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Alastair William Gillespie, C.P., O.C., député		 30 Jan 2024
EN Wikipedia
Alastair Gillespie		 30 Jan 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 30 Jan 2024 20:05 (but data presented dynamically)

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