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♂ Reginald John Gross
aliasReg Gross
Record
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German-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 40%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Saskatchewan 2 3 5
Birth 3 October 1948
Age 75 years + 8 months
First mandate 23 June 1971 → 52 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 22 years + 8 months
 
Mandate ended 42 years + 1 month ago (25 April 1982)
Special notes
None
 

Reginald John Gross (1948– )
No image available
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Saskatchewan 7 5 24 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Lionel P. Coderre  m 
⊖ Jack Wiebe  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Harold Martens  m  (4 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 5,759 Votes: 4,754 Participation: 82.55% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
17		 Saskatchewan
23 June 1971
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NPD  Majority
ID: 13258(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
22
NPD
 1/2 2,399 50.46% +44 Loser:
LIB
 2,355 49.54% Lionel P. Coderre

Service: 3 years 11 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 8,087 Votes: 6,877 Participation: 85.04% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
18		 Saskatchewan
11 June 1975
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NPD  Majority
ID: 9091(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
26
NPD
 2/3 2,502 36.44% -15 Winner:
LIB
 2,517 36.66% John E.N. (Jack) Wiebe
Eligible: 8,268 Votes: 6,827 Participation: 82.57% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
19		 Saskatchewan
18 October 1978
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NPD  Majority
ID: 9142(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
30
NPD
 1/3 2,587 37.97% +384 Loser:
PC
 2,203 32.33% Harold A. Martens

Service: 3 years 6 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 8,125 Votes: 7,151 Participation: 88.01% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
20		 Saskatchewan
26 April 1982
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 10679(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
33
NDP
 2/4 2,409 33.75% -1,156 Winner:
PC
 3,565 49.94% Harold A. Martens
Eligible: 7,757 Votes: 6,596 Participation: 85.03% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
21		 Saskatchewan
20 October 1986
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 10744(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
38
NDP
 2/4 2,209 33.56% -1,485 Winner:
PC
 3,694 56.12% Harold A. Martens

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, SELD: Members of the Legislative Assembly
Gross, Reginald John 1948 –  (p. 14)		 10 Jun 2024
EN Wikipedia
Reginald John Gross		 10 Jun 2024

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