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Charles W. Dempster

Republican

Date Party Office Votes Result
11-04-1930 Republican AD-57 23397 Win
11-08-1932 Republican AD-61 17144 Win
 

Candidate Biography:

Born: August 24, 1879 in Thurman, Iowa
Married.
Children: Four sons
Died: July 20, 1941

1890s: Secretary of the Senate, Idaho State Legislature
1903-1905: Representative, Montana State Legislature
1932: Recall Candidate for Mayor of Los Angeles (Lost)

  • According to his biography in the 1932 Blue Book, Dempster was the youngest member of the Montana House of Representatives. He would have been 23 when elected.

Source: California Blue Book (1932)