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♂ Richard Elmer Forbes
aliasElmer Forbes
Record
20339 · 9506

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 80%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 4 1 5
Birth 5 December 1894 → 129 years + 4 months ago
Lived 84 years
First mandate 31 March 1958 → 66 years + 30 days ago
↳ at age 63 years + 3 months
Death 9 December 1978 → 45 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 10 years + 5 months after 24 June 1968
Special notes
None
 
Richard Elmer Forbes (1894–1978)
© Photo — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

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Length of service in elected office within the scope of PoliCan

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 10 2 21

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Frederick S. Zaplitny  m  (3 runoffs)
 
 
Eligible: 24,062 Votes: 16,172 Participation: 67.21% Candidacies: 4
Federal
22		 Manitoba
10 August 1953
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23710(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
58
PC
 3/4 2,136 13.44% -4,703 Winner:
CCF
 6,839 43.04% Frederick S. Zaplitny
Eligible: 22,198 Votes: 18,678 Participation: 84.14% Candidacies: 3
Federal
24		 Manitoba
31 March 1958
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 24261(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
63
PC
 1/3 8,674 46.44% +2,651 Loser:
CCF
 6,023 32.25% Frederick S. Zaplitny

Service: 4 years 2 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 18,062 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
25		 Manitoba
18 June 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24538(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
67
PC
 1/4 7,158 39.63% +2,538 Loser:
LIB
 4,620 25.58% Sigurdur T. Sigurdson

Service: 9 months 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 17,549 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
26		 Manitoba
8 April 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 24802(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
68
PC
 1/4 7,541 42.97% +2,015 Loser:
LIB
 5,526 31.49% Sigurdur T. Sigurdson

Service: 2 years 6 months 30 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 16,387 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
27		 Manitoba
8 November 1965
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 25071(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
70
PC
 1/4 6,545 39.94% +2,463 Loser:
LIB
 4,082 24.91% Sigurdur T. Sigurdson

Service: 2 years 7 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 23,402 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
28		 Manitoba
25 June 1968
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 9915(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
73		 Successor:
PC
 8,701 37.18% W. Gordon Ritchie

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
Richard Elmer Forbes (1894-1978)		 18 Apr 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Richard Elmer Forbes, M.P.		 18 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Richard Elmer Forbes, député		 18 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Elmer Forbes		 18 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 18 Apr 2024 20:29 (but data presented dynamically)

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