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♂ Alexander Murray
aliasSandy Murray
Record
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Anglican   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Manitoba 6 0 6
Birth 18 April 1839 → 185 years ago
Lived 74 years
First mandate 30 December 1874 → 149 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 35 years + 8 months
Death 12 May 1913 → 111 years ago
Exit → Death 25 years + 4 months after 20 December 1887
Special notes
None
 
Alexander (Sandy) Murray (1839–1913)
© Photo Archives of Manitoba via the Manitoba Historical Society — Public domain
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
Manitoba 12 11 3 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. MB 5
CONS
 1 Speaker 43–47 17 Apr 1883 — 08 Dec 1886 3 7 21

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 7  
3 documented challengers
⊖ James Cunningham  m 
⊖ John Taylor  m 
 		 ⊖ Louis Schmidt  m 
 
Eligible: 149 Votes: 137 Participation: 91.95% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
2		 Manitoba
30 December 1874
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28285(F) — 6 Feb 2023 09:28 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
35
IND
 1/3 84 61.31% +40 Loser:
IND
 44 32.12% Louis Schmidt

Service: 3 years 11 months 17 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 232 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
3		 Manitoba
18 December 1878
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Majority
ID: 28315(F) — 5 Feb 2023 23:09 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
39
IND
 1/1 By acclamation
After his election:
19 Dec 1878 39
IND
 →
GOV
 Changed allegiance ()
2 Jan 1879 39
GOV
 →
Vac.
 To accept an appointment (judge, senator, etc.)
Service: 15 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
3		 Manitoba
15 January 1879
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Majority
ID: 28327(F) — 5 Feb 2023 23:11 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
39
GOV
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 11 months (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 293 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
4		 Manitoba
16 December 1879
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 28331(F) — 30 Sep 2023 12:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
40
LICO
 1/2 187 63.82% +81 Loser:
LICO
 106 36.18% John Taylor

Service: 3 years 1 month 6 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 132 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
5		 Manitoba
23 January 1883
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 28369(F) — 30 Sep 2023 11:59 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
CONS
 1/2 95 71.97% +58 Loser:
LIB
 37 28.03% James Cunningham

Service: 3 years 10 months 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 392 Votes: 238 Participation: 60.71% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
6		 Manitoba
9 December 1886
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 36469(F) — 16 Mar 2022 20:34 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
CONS
 1/2 149 62.61% +60 Loser:
LIB
 89 37.39% James M. Ross
After his election:
20 Dec 1887 48
CONS
 →
Vac.
 Left provincial politics
Service: 1 year 11 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 392 Votes: 243 Participation: 61.99% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
6		 Manitoba
10 January 1888
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 36505(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
48		 Successor:
LIB
 159 65.43% Duncan MacArthur

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Murray, Alexander		 27 Apr 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Murray, Alexander		 27 Apr 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
Alexander "Sandy" Murray (1839-1913)		 27 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Alexander Murray (Manitoba politician)		 27 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 27 Apr 2024 15:21 (but data presented dynamically)

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