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♂ Charles Stephen Booth
aliasCharles Stephen Booth
Record
5856 · 9547

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 1 2
Birth 27 January 1897 → 127 years + 3 months ago
Lived 91 years + 7 months
First mandate 26 March 1940 → 84 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age 43 years + 1 month
Death 30 August 1988 → 35 years + 8 months ago
Exit → Death 43 years + 2 months after 10 June 1945
Special notes
None
 
Charles Stephen Booth (1897–1988)
© Photo 1964 Government of Canada — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
Elected as the Liberal MP for Winnipeg North in 1940, Booth, who was simultaneously engaged in the armed forces during the Second World War, took his seat only once in 1943 while he was on leave.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 5 2 14

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Timothy Buck  m 
⊖ Leslie T. Morris  m 
 		 ⊖ Abraham A. Heaps  m  (2 runoffs)
 
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
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
38
LIB
 2/4 8,412 29.32% -3,681 Winner:
CCF
 12,093 42.16% Abraham A. Heaps
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
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
43
LIB
 1/4 13,015 40.88% +1,766 Loser:
CCF
 11,249 35.34% Abraham A. Heaps

Service: 5 years 2 months 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 47,968 Votes: 34,458 Participation: 71.84% Candidacies: 5
Federal
20		 Manitoba
11 June 1945
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 23167(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
48		 Successor:
CCF
 13,055 37.89% Alistair M. Stewart

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
Charles Stephen Booth (1897-1988)		 06 Apr 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Lt. Col. Charles Stephen Booth, M.P.		 06 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Lt. col. Charles Stephen Booth, député		 06 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Charles Stephen Booth		 06 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  6 Apr 2024 10:12 (but data presented dynamically)

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