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♂ Charles Gifford
aliasCharles Gifford
Record
22858 · 11655

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 1 2 3
Birth 24 February 1821 → 203 years + 2 months ago
Lived 75 years + 1 month
First mandate 5 January 1872 → 152 years + 3 months ago
↳ at age 50 years + 10 months
Death 20 April 1896 → 128 years ago
Exit → Death 21 years + 3 months after 17 January 1875
Special notes
None
 

Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Ontario 3 0 12 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Alexander Fraser  m 
 		 ⊖ William Hargraft  m 
 
Eligible: 2,949 Votes: 1,990 Participation: 67.48% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
2		 Ontario
21 March 1871
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Minority
ID: 32732(F) — 21 Feb 2022 15:17 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
50
LC
 2/2 977 49.10% -36 Winner:
LIB
 1,013 50.90% Alexander Fraser
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
2		 Ontario
5 January 1872
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33044(F) — 21 Feb 2022 13:32 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
50
LC
 1/1 By acclamation ?

Service: 3 years 12 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 3,361 Votes: 2,379 Participation: 70.78% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
3		 Ontario
18 January 1875
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32814(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
53
LC
 2/2 1,128 47.41% -123 Winner:
LIB
 1,251 52.59% William Hargraft

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Charles Gifford		 08 Aug 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Charles Gifford		 08 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
Charles Gifford (Canadian politician)		 08 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  8 Aug 2023 22:35 (but data presented dynamically)

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