| MOST ELECTIONS CONTESTED: 1997 & 1998 Guinness Book of World Records: JCT: Until late summer, it looked like the old millennium was going to end with a final record of 48 elections. Then a spate of 4 quick elections and byelections were called in only 11 weeks to surge my millennium record to 52!!! A quite symbolic number for someone reknowned for winning my living as a professional poker and blackjack player. I certainly got to play every card in the deck of electoral opportunities. |
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LONGEST REIGNING QUEEN:
"The longest reigning queen is HM Queen Elizabeth II. She succeeded to her father's
throne on 6 Feb. 1952 on her father's death.
PRIME MINISTERS:
"The greatest age at which a prime minister has been first
appointed is 81, for Morarji Ranchhodji Desai of India in March 1977."
JCT: I mention our records in my poem at http://www.cyberclass.net/turmel/pomlizas.htm
LONGEST SERVING UK POLITICAL LEADER:
"Screaming Lord Sutch is the longest-serving political
leader in the UK and has been a familiar face on the political scene since 1963. He has
contested 39 elections or byelections and lost his deposit every time. Bookmakers William
Hill offer shorter odds for Elvis Presley crashing a UFO into the Loch Ness Monster (14
million to one) than for Lord Sutch becoming Prime Minister (15 million to one)."
JCT: I placed a bet on him while I was in Britain and sadly noted his passing.
JOHN C. TURMEL'S CANADIAN ELECTION CAMPAIGNS
No. Level Riding Yr Mo Da
1 Federal Ottawa West 1979, May 22 2 Federal Ottawa Centre 1980, Feb. 20 3 Federal Frontenac 1980, Mar. 24 4 Federal Hamilton West 1980, Sept. 8 5 Municipal Ottawa 1980, Nov. 10 6 Provincial Carleton 1980, Nov. 20 7 Provincial Ottawa Centre 1981, Mar. 19 8 Federal London West 1981, Apr. 12 9 Federal Levis 1981, May 4 10 Federal Spadina 1981, Aug. 17 11 Provincial Hamilton West 1982, June 17 12 Federal Broadview-Greenwood 1982, Oct. 12 13 Provincial York South 1982, Nov. 4 14 Municipal Gloucester Alderman 1982, Nov. 8 15 Federal Central Nova 1983, Aug. 29 16 Provincial Stormont-Dundas-Glengarry 1983, Dec. 15 17 Federal Beaches 1984, Sept. 4 18 Provincial Ottawa Centre 1984, Dec. 13 19 Provincial Ottawa Centre 1985, May 2 20 Municipal Nepean 1985, Nov. 12 21 Provincial York East 1986, Apr. 17 22 Provincial Cochrane North 1986, Aug. 14 23 Federal St. Maurice 1986, Sep. 29 24 Federal Hamilton Mountain 1987, July 20 25 Provincial Ottawa Centre 1987, Sep. 10 26 Provincial London North 1988, Mar. 31 27 Provincial Welland-Thorold 1988, Nov. 3 28 Municipal Ottawa mayor 1988, Nov. 14 29 Federal Ottawa Centre 1988, Nov. 21 30 Federal Oshawa Centre 1990, Aug. 13 31 Provincial Ottawa Centre 1990, Sep. 6 32 Provincial York North 1990, Dec. 10 33 Municipal Ottawa Regional Chair 1991, Nov. 12 34 Federal Frontenac 1993, Oct. 23 35 Provincial Essex South 1993, Dec. 2 36 Provincial Victoria-Haliburton 1994, Mar. 17 37 Municipal Ottawa Regional Chair 1994, Nov. 14 38 Federal Ottawa Vanier 1995, Feb. 13 39 Provincial Ottawa Centre 1995, June 8 40 Federal Etobicoke North 1996, Mar. 25 41 Federal Hamilton East 1996, Jun. 17 42 Federal Ottawa West 1997, Jun. 2 43 Provincial Ottawa West-Nepean 1997, Sep. 4 44 Municipal Ottawa Regional Chair 1997, Nov. 10 45 Federal Sherbrooke 1998, Sep. 14 46 Federal Windsor-St.Clair 1999, Apr. 12 47 Provincial Ottawa West-Nepean 1999, Jun 3 48 Federal Hull-Aylmer 1999, Nov 15 49 Provincial Ancaster-Dundas 2000, Sep. 7 50 Federal Kings-Hants 2000, Sep. 11 51 Municipal Ottawa Mayor 2000, Nov. 13 52 Federal Ottawa Ottawa West 2000, Nov. 27