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♂ Elwin Norris Hermanson
aliasElwin Hermanson
Record
27206 · 578

Swedish-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 60%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 2 3
Saskatchewan 2 0 2
Total 3 2 5
Birth 22 August 1952
Age 71 years + 9 months
First mandate 25 October 1993 → 30 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 41 years + 2 months
 
Mandate ended 16 years + 7 months ago (6 November 2007)
Special notes
None
 
Elwin Norris Hermanson (1952– )
© Photo 2001 Regina Leader-Post via The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan, University of Regina — Public domain
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 3 7 6
Saskatchewan 8 1 19 Z
TOTAL 11 8 25

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. SK 23–25
SKP
 1 Party leader 46–51 01 Nov 1998 — 15 Nov 2003 5 0 14
2. SK 24
SKP
 1 Opposition Leader 47–51 06 Dec 1999 — 08 Oct 2003 3 10 2

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
5 documented challengers
⊖ Chris Axworthy  m 
⊕ Jack Sandberg  m 
⊕ Berny Wiens  m 
 		 ⊖ Bill McKnight  m 
⊕ Grant Whitmore  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 33,543 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
34		 Saskatchewan
21 November 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3727(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
36
REF
 4/4 2,217 6.61% -12,872 Winner:
PC
 15,089 44.98% William H. McKnight
Eligible: 42,242 Votes: 30,492 Participation: 72.18% Candidacies: 6
Federal
35		 Saskatchewan
25 October 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3432(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
41
REF
 1/6 12,292 40.45% +3,836 Loser:
LIB
 8,456 27.83% Judy Setrakov

Service: 3 years 7 months 7 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 46,365 Votes: 27,779 Participation: 59.91% Candidacies: 5
Federal
36		 Saskatchewan
2 June 1997
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3140(F) — 31 Jan 2022 22:57 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
44
REF
 2/5 9,011 32.57% -3,084 Winner:
NDP
 12,095 43.72% Christopher S. Axworthy
Eligible: 10,764 Votes: 8,352 Participation: 77.59% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
24		 Saskatchewan
16 September 1999
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Minority
ID: 13536(F) — 12 Oct 2021 08:00 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature (Party leader)
Age
47
SKP
 1/4 4,907 58.90% +2,106 Loser:
NDP
 2,801 33.62% Bernhard H. Wiens

Service: 4 years 1 month 19 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 10,572 Votes: 8,153 Participation: 77.12% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
25		 Saskatchewan
5 November 2003
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 13594(F) — 12 Oct 2021 08:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
51
SKP
 1/3 5,173 63.62% +2,973 Loser:
NDP
 2,200 27.06% Jack R. Mason

Service: 4 years 1 day (Oppo.)
Eligible: 10,062 Votes: 7,989 Participation: 79.40% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
26		 Saskatchewan
7 November 2007
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SKP  Majority
ID: 13653(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:16 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
55		 Successor:
SKP
 5,669 71.18% James Reiter

Online biographical references (5)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan, University of Regina
Hermanson, Elwin Norris (1952- )		  9 Jun 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Mr. Elwin Norris Hermanson, M.P.		  9 Jun 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Monsieur Elwin Norris Hermanson, député		  9 Jun 2024
EN Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, SELD: Members of the Legislative Assembly
Hermanson, Elwin Norris 1952 –  (p. 16)		  9 Jun 2024
FR Wikipédia
Elwin Hermanson		  9 Jun 2024
EN Wikipedia
Elwin Hermanson		  9 Jun 2024

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