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♂ Abraham Albert Heaps
aliasAbraham Albert Heaps
Record
26739 · 9514

Judaism   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 4 2 6
Birth 24 December 1885 → 138 years + 4 months ago
Lived 68 years + 3 months
First mandate 29 October 1925 → 98 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 39 years + 10 months
Death 4 April 1954 → 70 years ago
Exit → Death 14 years + 10 days after 25 March 1940
Special notes
Member of the "Ginger Group" in the 1920s which led to the formation of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation in 1932.
 
Abraham Albert Heaps (1885–1954)
© Photo 1921 City of Winnipeg — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Election or appointment outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate ✗
Legis. Council ✗
✗
Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve ✗
Mun./Co. Council Winnipeg, Manitoba (1917–1925)
School Board ✗
Blank/Vide ✗

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 14 4 22

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 6  
5 documented challengers
⊖ Matthew R. Blake  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Timothy Buck  m 
⊖ Leslie T. Morris  m 
 		 ⊖ Charles S. Booth  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Edward J. McMurray  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 8,701 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
14		 Manitoba
24 October 1923
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 21785(F) — 11 Oct 2022 19:52 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
37
LAB
 2/4 2,835 32.58% -2,793 Winner:
LIB
 5,628 64.68% Edward J. McMurray
Eligible: 15,274 Votes: 12,236 Participation: 80.11% Candidacies: 3
Federal
15		 Manitoba
29 October 1925
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
 LC  29 Jun 1926
ID: 21833(F) — 26 Jun 2023 14:55 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
39
LAB
 1/3 4,781 39.07% +899 Loser:
LC
 3,882 31.73% Matthew R. Blake
After his election:
29 Jun 1926 40
LIB
 →
LC
 Change of government (remained in opposition)
Service: 10 months 15 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 15,274 Votes: 12,547 Participation: 82.15% Candidacies: 3
Federal
16		 Manitoba
14 September 1926
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22084(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
40
LAB
 1/3 6,171 49.18% +2,616 Loser:
LC
 3,555 28.33% Richard R. Knox

Service: 3 years 10 months 13 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 24,781 Votes: 14,082 Participation: 56.83% Candidacies: 3
Federal
17		 Manitoba
28 July 1930
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 22358(F) — 24 Jan 2022 22:51 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
44
LAB
 1/3 6,907 49.05% +1,896 Loser:
LC
 5,011 35.58% Matthew R. Blake
After his election:
23 May 1932 46
LAB
 →
CCF
 Changed allegiance (remained in opposition)
Service: 5 years 2 months 15 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 37,764 Votes: 28,686 Participation: 75.96% Candidacies: 4
Federal
18		 Manitoba
14 October 1935
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22630(F) — 6 Sep 2021 16:46 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
49
CCF
 1/4 12,093 42.16% +3,681 Loser:
LIB
 8,412 29.32% Charles S. Booth

Service: 4 years 5 months 11 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 42,959 Votes: 32,525 Participation: 74.10% Candidacies: 4
Federal
19		 Manitoba
26 March 1940
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22907(F) — 5 Sep 2022 22:49 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
54
CCF
 2/4 11,249 35.34% -1,766 Winner:
LIB
 13,015 40.88% Charles S. Booth

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
Abraham Albert Heaps (1885-1954)		 01 Apr 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Abraham Albert Heaps		 01 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Abraham Albert Heaps		 01 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
A.A. Heaps		 01 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  1 Apr 2024 23:10 (but data presented dynamically)

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