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getbak · 10-19-2010, 10:43 AM

During the coverage last night, on more than one occasion, someone mentioned Nenshi's age and asked if he was too young to be mayor.

Something interesting about that: Ralph Klein was a couple weeks shy of his 38th birthday when he was first elected Mayor of Calgary; Al Duerr was 38 when he was first elected Mayor; and Dave Bronconnier was elected a couple of weeks after his 39th birthday. Nenshi is 38 (I couldn't find anything that lists his birth date, so I'm not sure how close to 39 he is).

In the last 40 years, Calgarians have only elected one mayor to his first term who was over the age of 40 (Rod Sykes was 40 when he was elected in 1969), and that was Ross Alger in 1977, and he's also the only mayor in the last 40 years to only serve one term.

10-19-2010, 10:43 AM	#57
getbak Franchise Player Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Calgary, AB Exp:	During the coverage last night, on more than one occasion, someone mentioned Nenshi's age and asked if he was too young to be mayor. Something interesting about that: Ralph Klein was a couple weeks shy of his 38th birthday when he was first elected Mayor of Calgary; Al Duerr was 38 when he was first elected Mayor; and Dave Bronconnier was elected a couple of weeks after his 39th birthday. Nenshi is 38 (I couldn't find anything that lists his birth date, so I'm not sure how close to 39 he is). In the last 40 years, Calgarians have only elected one mayor to his first term who was over the age of 40 (Rod Sykes was 40 when he was elected in 1969), and that was Ross Alger in 1977, and he's also the only mayor in the last 40 years to only serve one term. __________________ Turn up the good, turn down the suck!