Canada's electoral history from 1867 to today

Barbara Jane Sparrow
aliasBobbie Sparrow
Record
58136 · 778

Type of record
Elected candidate
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate
Not in office Performance: 67%
 
Canada 2 1 3
Birth 11 July 1935
Age 88 years + 11 months
First mandate 4 September 1984 → 39 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 49 years + 1 month
 
Mandate ended 30 years + 7 months ago (24 October 1993)
Special notes
None
 
Barbara Jane (Bobbie) Sparrow (1935– )
© Photo 1988 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 9 1 18

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 34
PC
1 Minister 57–58 25 Jun 1993 — 03 Nov 1993 0 4 9
2. CA 34
PC
1 Minister 57–58 25 Jun 1993 — 03 Nov 1993 0 4 9
 1. Forestry
 2. Energy, Mines and Resources

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
3 documented challengers
Larry R. Heather  m  (2 runoffs)
Darrell T. Rankin  m 
 
Preston Manning  m 
 
Eligible: 94,859 Votes: 71,498 Participation: 75.37% Candidacies: 6
Federal
33
Alberta
4 September 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3747(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
→ New to Parliament
Age
49
PC
1/6 55,590 77.91% +47,763 Loser:
LIB
7,827 10.97% Harold Millican

Service:
4 years 2 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 61,993 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 7
Federal
34
Alberta
21 November 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3453(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
PC
1/7 40,397 65.16% +32,081 Loser:
REF
8,316 13.41% Janet Jessop

Service:
4 years 11 months 3 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 96,213 Votes: 68,140 Participation: 70.82% Candidacies: 9
Federal
35
Alberta
25 October 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3151(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
Defeated incumbent →
Age
58
PC
2/9 12,642 18.59% -28,988 Winner:
REF
41,630 61.22% E. Preston Manning

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Barbara Jane (Bobbie) Sparrow, P.C., M.P.
 8 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Barbara Jane (Bobbie) Sparrow, C.P., députée
 8 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Bobbie Sparrow
 8 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Bobbie Sparrow
 8 Apr 2024


© 2019, 2024 :: PoliCan.ca (Maurice Y. Michaud)
Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  8 Apr 2024 21:51 (but data presented dynamically)