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♂ Simon Leendert De Jong
aliasSimon De Jong
Record
14859 · 562

Dutch-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 5 0 5
Birth 9 April 1942 → 82 years + 2 months ago
Lived 69 years + 4 months
First mandate 22 May 1979 → 45 years + 25 days ago
↳ at age 37 years + 1 month
Death 18 August 2011 → 12 years + 9 months ago
Exit → Death 14 years + 2 months after 1 June 1997
Special notes
None
 
Simon Leendert De Jong (1942–2011)
© Photo 1994 House of Commons (Canada) — Fair use
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
Canada 18 0 6

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Gordon F. Massie  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Joseph A. Thauberger  m 
 		 ⊕ Tony Merchant  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 54,420 Votes: 41,099 Participation: 75.52% Candidacies: 6
Federal
31		 Saskatchewan
22 May 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 4593(F) — 10 Mar 2022 13:00 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
37
NDP
 1/6 15,022 36.55% +2,050 Loser:
PC
 12,972 31.56% Terry Leier

Service: 8 months 26 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 54,420 Votes: 37,130 Participation: 68.23% Candidacies: 7
Federal
32		 Saskatchewan
18 February 1980
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4311(F) — 10 Mar 2022 13:00 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
37
NDP
 1/7 13,630 36.83% +1,028 Loser:
PC
 12,602 34.05% Brian Keple

Service: 4 years 6 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 58,282 Votes: 45,761 Participation: 78.52% Candidacies: 4
Federal
33		 Saskatchewan
4 September 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 4026(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
42
NDP
 1/4 20,474 44.88% +5,289 Loser:
PC
 15,185 33.29% Brian Keple

Service: 4 years 2 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 34,490 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
34		 Saskatchewan
21 November 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3732(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
46
NDP
 1/3 18,608 53.95% +7,754 Loser:
PC
 10,854 31.47% William L. Hicke

Service: 4 years 11 months 3 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 48,144 Votes: 32,546 Participation: 67.60% Candidacies: 6
Federal
35		 Saskatchewan
25 October 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3439(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
NDP
 1/6 11,166 34.43% +1,075 Loser:
LIB
 10,091 31.11% Reina Sinclair

Service: 3 years 7 months 7 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 46,276 Votes: 29,079 Participation: 62.84% Candidacies: 5
Federal
36		 Saskatchewan
2 June 1997
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3138(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
55		 Successor:
NDP
 12,269 42.40% Lorne E. Nystrom

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Mr. Simon Leendert de Jong, M.P.		  9 Jun 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Monsieur Simon Leendert de Jong, député		  9 Jun 2024
EN Wikipedia
Simon De Jong		  9 Jun 2024
FR Wikipédia
Simon De Jong		  9 Jun 2024

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