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♂ Anthony Wilfred James Whitford
aliasTony Whitford
Record
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Metis     
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Northwest Territories 3 1 4
Birth 11 June 1941
Age 83 years
First mandate 31 October 1988 → 35 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 47 years + 4 months
 
Mandate ended 20 years + 6 months ago (23 November 2003)
Special notes
None
 
Anthony W.J. Whitford (1941– )
© Photo 2006 Blwhitford — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Election or appointment outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate ✗
Legis. Council ✗
Governor Northwest Territories (2005–2010)
Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve ✗
Mun./Co. Council ✗
School Board ✗
Blank/Vide ✗

Length of service in elected office within the scope of PoliCan

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Northwest Territories 10 10 30 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NT 14
INDE
 1 Speaker 58–62 19 Jan 2000 — 10 Dec 2003 3 10 21

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
1 documented challenger
⊕ Seamus Henry  m 
 
 
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Territorial
11		 Northwest Territories
31 October 1988
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  INDE  Minority
ID: 30960(F) — 22 Jan 2023 05:26 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
47
IND
 1/1 By acclamation ?

Service: 2 years 11 months 14 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Territorial
12		 Northwest Territories
15 October 1991
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  INDE  Minority
ID: 30821(F) — 22 Jan 2023 05:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
IND
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 4 years (Oppo.)
Eligible: 3,625 Votes: 2,340 Participation: 64.55% Candidacies: 3
Territorial
13		 Northwest Territories
16 October 1995
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  INDE  Minority
ID: 30845(F) — 22 Jan 2023 00:56 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
54
IND
 2/3 968 41.39% -4 Winner:
IND
 972 41.56% Seamus Henry
Eligible: 1,246 Votes: 730 Participation: 58.59% Candidacies: 3
Territorial
14		 Northwest Territories
6 December 1999
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  INDE  Minority
ID: 30853(F) — 22 Jan 2023 00:03 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
58
IND
 1/3 584 80.44% +510 Loser:
IND
 74 10.19% Beaton MacKenzie

Service: 3 years 11 months 17 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 1,122 Votes: 751 Participation: 66.93% Candidacies: 3
Territorial
15		 Northwest Territories
24 November 2003
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  INDE  Minority
ID: 30872(F) — 21 Jan 2023 23:04 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
62		 Successor:
IND
 372 49.53% David Ramsay

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN OpenNWT: Politicians
Tony Whitford		 11 Jun 2024
EN Wikipedia
Tony Whitford		 11 Jun 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 11 Jun 2024 08:07 (but data presented dynamically)

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