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Welland Wilfred Phipps
aliasWeldy Phipps
Record
49527 · 8866

Type of record
Elected candidate
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate
Deceased Performance: 50%
 
Northwest Territories 1 1 2
Generation  Greatest 
Birth 23 July 1922 → 103 years + 2 months ago
Lived 74 years + 2 months
1st mandate 21 December 1970 → 54 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 48 years + 4 months
Death 22 October 1996 → 28 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death 21 years + 7 months after 9 March 1975
Special notes
None
 
Welland Wilfred (Weldy) Phipps (1922–1996)
© Photo — 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
Northwest Territories 4 2 17 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
Nobody 0  
1 documented challenger
Simonie Michael  m  (2 runoffs)
 

 
Eastern Arctic
Elig. 2,066 Votes: 1,441 Partic.: 69.75%
 !!! 
Can.: 3
Territorial
5
Northwest Territories
19 September 1966
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov’t  INDE  Majority
ID: 30692(F) — 17 Aug 2024 20:10 ET
Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
44
 IND 
3/3 179 12.88% -713 Winner:
 IND 
892 64.17% Simonie Michael E7-551
High Arctic
Elig. 955 Votes: 787 Partic.: 82.41%
 !!! 
Can.: 3
Territorial
7
Northwest Territories
21 December 1970
General
First-past-the-post
Gov’t  INDE  Majority
ID: 30704(F) — 2 Sep 2023 19:04 ET
→ New to this legislature
Age
48
 IND 
1/3 510 65.98% +278 Loser:
 IND 
232 30.01% Josiah Kadlutsiak

Service:
4 years 2 months 16 days (Oppo.)
High Arctic
Elig. 527 Votes: 441 Partic.: 83.68%
 !!! 
Can.: 5
Territorial
8
Northwest Territories
10 March 1975
General
First-past-the-post
Gov’t  INDE  Majority
ID: 30710(F) — 22 Jan 2023 14:10 ET
Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
52
Successor:
 IND 
137 31.21% Ludy Pudluk

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia (English)
Welland Phipps
13 Feb 2025


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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 13 Feb 2025 17:29 (but data presented dynamically)