♂ Walter C. Weir

Record
64512 · 3761
Type of record
Elected candidate
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate
Deceased Performance: 100%
 
Manitoba 4 4 0
Birth Death Lived Died in office
7 June 1929
(94 years 9 months ago)
17 April 1985
(38 years 11 months ago)
55 years 10 months No
Service in elected office
Legislature Total Government Opposition
Manitoba
Days years months days
4,490 12 3 15
Days years months days
3,692 10 1 8
Days years months days
798 2 2 6
The calculations in years, months and days are approximate and might be off by a few days due to the base date used for these calculations.
Leadership roles
  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. MB 28–29 PC 1 Party leader 38–41 25 Nov 1967 — 26 Feb 1971 3 3 1
2. MB 28 PC 1 Premier 38–40 27 Nov 1967 — 24 Jun 1969 1 6 28
3. MB 29 PC 1 Opposition Leader 40–41 25 Jun 1969 — 13 Aug 1970 1 1 19
Electoral history
→ 4 recorded electoral participations
→ 5 electoral path points
 
→ 1 documented challenger:
 
Charles L. Shuttleworth  m 
 
Provincial
Ass.: 26
Manitoba Minnedosa
14 May 1959 Age:
29
→ New to this legislature
General 1/3 PC 43.34% 2,386 of 5,505 Elig.: 7,029 Parti.: 78.62%
Loser > LIBP 36.86% 2,029 (-357) Charles L. Shuttleworth  m  ( 48 )
ID: 37718(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET Service: 3 years 6 months 29 days (Gov't)
Provincial
Ass.: 27
Manitoba Minnedosa
14 December 1962 Age:
33
Re-elected incumbent
General 1/4 PC 53.44% 2,828 of 5,292 Elig.: 6,814 Parti.: 77.83%
Loser > LIB 29.02% 1,536 (-1,292) Frank Anderson  m 
ID: 37780(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET Service: 3 years 6 months 8 days (Gov't)
Provincial
Ass.: 28
Manitoba Minnedosa
23 June 1966 Age:
37
Re-elected incumbent
General 1/4 PC 41.29% 2,136 of 5,173 Elig.: 6,598 Parti.: 78.81%
Loser > LIB 31.22% 1,615 (-521) Don McNabb  m 
ID: 13844(F) — 20 Mar 2022 22:05 ET Service: 3 years 0 month 1 day (Gov't)
Provincial
Ass.: 29
Manitoba Minnedosa
25 June 1969 Age:
40
Re-elected incumbent
General 1/3 PC 56.26% 3,525 of 6,266 Elig.: 8,285 Parti.: 75.84%
Loser > NDP 27.34% 1,713 (-1,812) Emile Roy  m 
  Post-Election...
1 September 1971 > ?? PC Vac. Resigned: Left politics
ID: 13901(F) — 20 Mar 2022 22:11 ET Service: 2 years 2 months 7 days (Oppo.) Exit from legislature →
Provincial
Ass.: 29
Manitoba Minnedosa
16 November 1971 Age:
42
Incumbent did not run in this election Exit from legislature →
By-Election  
Successor > PC 50.39% 3,532 of 7,009 David R. Blake  m  ( 46 )
ID: 13942(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
→ 5 online biographical references
 
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EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans: Walter Cox-Smith Weir (1929-1985) 6 Mar 2024
EN MLA Biographies - Deceased: Weir, Walter C. 6 Mar 2024
FR Notes biographiques des députés décédés: Weir, Walter C. 6 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia: Walter Weir 6 Mar 2024
FR Wikipédia: Walter Weir 6 Mar 2024
Rev.: 06 Mar 2024 @ 22:49 ET
Gen.: 29 Mar 2024 @ 00:37 ET