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♂ Edwin Bourke
aliasEdwin Bourke
Record
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Anglican   ∞1
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Manitoba 2 0 2
Birth 19 September 1836 → 187 years + 7 months ago
Lived 78 years + 5 months
First mandate 27 December 1870 → 153 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 34 years + 3 months
Death 17 March 1915 → 109 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 36 years + 3 months after 17 December 1878
Special notes
None
 
Edwin Bourke (1836–1915)
© Photo Archives of Manitoba via the Manitoba Historical Society — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ William Bourke (1863–1943) Son  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Manitoba 7 11 19 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Frederick E.M. St. John  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Robert Tait  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 56 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
1		 Manitoba
27 December 1870
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Majority
ID: 28265(F) — 6 Feb 2023 13:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
34
IND
 1/2 35 62.50% +14 Loser:
IND
 21 37.50% Frederick E.M. St. John
After his election:
28 Dec 1870 34
IND
 →
OPPO
 Changed allegiance ()
Service: 4 years 2 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 119 Votes: 89 Participation: 74.79% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
2		 Manitoba
30 December 1874
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28289(F) — 6 Feb 2023 09:33 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
38
IND
 1/3 44 49.44% +2 Loser:
IND
 42 47.19% Frederick E.M. St. John
After his election:
31 Dec 1874 38
IND
 →
GOV
 Changed allegiance ()
Service: 3 years 11 months 17 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 167 Votes: 93 Participation: 55.69% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
3		 Manitoba
18 December 1878
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Majority
ID: 28319(F) — 5 Feb 2023 23:49 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
42		 Successor:
IND
 71 76.34% David M. Walker

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Bourke, Edwin		 31 Jan 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Bourke, Edwin		 31 Jan 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
Edwin Bourke (1836-1915)		 31 Jan 2024
EN Wikipedia
Edwin Bourke		 31 Jan 2024

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Rev.: 31 Jan 2024 22:05 (but data presented dynamically)

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