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♂ George Thomson
aliasGeorge Thomson
Record
61135 · 13810

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
British Columbia 1 1 2
Birth 8 February 1855 → 169 years + 3 months ago
Lived 65 years + 5 months
First mandate 3 January 1887 → 137 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 31 years + 10 months
Death 9 July 1920 → 103 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 30 years + 27 days after 12 June 1890
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
British Columbia 3 5 8 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Robert Dunsmuir  m 
⊖ William Raybould  m 
 		 ⊖ Colin C. McKenzie  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 764 Votes: 1,157 Participation: 75.72% Candidacies: 7
Provincial
5		 British Columbia
7 July 1886
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  GOV  Majority
ID: 28685(F) — 2 Mar 2022 12:51 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
31
IND
 5/7 90 15.54% -177 Winner:
GOV
 267 46.11% William Raybould
Eligible: 764 Votes: 496 Participation: 64.92% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
5		 British Columbia
3 January 1887
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Majority
ID: 28691(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
31
GOV
 1/3 335 67.54% +226 Loser:
OPPO
 109 21.98% Colin C. McKenzie

Service: 3 years 5 months 9 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 490 Votes: 471 Participation: 48.06% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
6		 British Columbia
13 June 1890
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28710(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
35		 Successor:
FARM
 157 66.53% Colin C. McKenzie

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
George Thomson (Canadian politician)		 18 Oct 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 18 Oct 2023 15:19 (but data presented dynamically)

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