Canada's electoral history from 1867 to today
♂ James Robert Laxer
aliasJim Laxer
Record
34751 · 14894
Type of record
Elected candidate
Known but unelected candidate ✓
Perennial candidate |
Deceased |
Performance: 0%
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∑ |
Canada |
0 |
1 |
1 |
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Birth |
22 December 1941 → 82 years + 9 months ago |
Lived |
76 years + 2 months |
Only run |
8 July 1974 → 50 years + 2 months ago
↳ at age 32 years + 6 months |
Death |
23 February 2018 → 6 years + 7 months ago |
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Special notes |
One of the founders of The Waffle, a radical wing of Canada's NDP in the late 1960s and early 1970s that espoused Canadian nationalism and solidarity with Quebec's sovereignty movement. |
James Robert Laxer (1941–2018)
© Photo 2012 CBC — Fair use |
Family tie with other documented individual |
None |
York West |
Elig. |
72,177 |
Votes: |
53,391 |
Partic.: |
73.97% |
!!! |
Can.: |
7 |
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Federal
30 |
Ontario
8 July 1974
General
First-past-the-post |
Gov't |
LIB |
ID: 10561(F) — 1 Oct 2021 14:16 ET |
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Failed to enter Parliament |
Age
32 |
IND |
4/7 |
674 |
1.27% |
-27,401 |
Winner: |
LIB |
28,075 |
52.93% |
James S.C. Fleming |
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Online biographical reference
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Maurice Y. Michaud)
Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 9 May 2024 22:33 (but data presented dynamically)