Canada's electoral history from 1867 to today

Thomas Glendenning Hamilton
aliasGlen Hamilton
Record
25661 · 14377

   United Church     
Type of record
Elected candidate
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate
Deceased Performance: 33%
 
Manitoba 1 2 3
Birth 27 November 1873 → 150 years + 5 months ago
Lived 61 years + 4 months
First mandate 6 August 1915 → 108 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 41 years + 8 months
Death 7 April 1935 → 89 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 14 years + 9 months after 28 June 1920
Special notes
None
 
Thomas Glendenning (Glen) Hamilton (1873–1935)
© Photo Janice Catherine Hamilton via the Manitoba Historical Society — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
Around 1921, shortly after his defeat as a Manitoba Liberal MLA, Hamilton began his psychic research that included attempts to photograph "ectoplasms" emanating out of mediums. He founded the Winnipeg Society for Psychic Research in 1931.
 

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Pre-Conf.
Canadian Senate
Legis. Council
Deputy Minister
Auto. Region
Mayor/Reeve
Mun./Co. Council
School Board
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Length of service in elected office within the scope of PoliCan

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Manitoba 4 10 22 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
28 documented challengers
George Armstrong  m 
William Christie  m 
Fred Dixon  m 
C.H. Forrester  m 
William Ivens  m 
Dickie Johns  m 
Frederick Law  m 
James Lightfoot  m 
Harry Mewhirter  m 
William Parrish  m 
George W. Prout  m 
Edith Rogers  f 
John Stovel  m 
William J. Tupper  m 
 
Duncan Cameron  m 
Harriet S. Dick  f 
Edward Fisher  m 
John Haig  m 
Robert Jacob  m 
Thomas Johnson  m 
George Lawrence  m 
Robert Newton Lowery  m 
William Morden  m 
William A. Pritchard  m 
John Queen  m 
Robert B. Russell  m 
Fred Tipping  m 
Leo Warde  m 
 
Eligible: 4,818 Votes: 3,946 Participation: 81.90% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
14
Manitoba
10 July 1914
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 37036(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
40
LIB
2/3 1,537 38.95% -364 Winner:
CONS
1,901 48.18% Harry D. Mewhirter
Eligible: 4,463 Votes: 3,185 Participation: 71.36% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
15
Manitoba
6 August 1915
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 37049(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
→ New to this legislature
Age
41
LIB
1/2 2,319 72.81% +1,453 Loser:
CONS
866 27.19% Donald Munro

Service:
4 years 10 months 22 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 62,255 Votes: 47,427 Participation: 76.18% Candidacies: 41
Provincial
16
Manitoba
29 June 1920
General
Single trans. vote (10)
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 37184(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
Defeated incumbent →
Age
46
LIB
20/41 786 1.66% -714 Winner:
CONS
1,500 3.16% William J. Tupper

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Thomas Glendenning Hamilton M.D.
12 May 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Thomas Glendenning Hamilton (Dr.)
12 May 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
Thomas Glendenning Hamilton (1873-1935)
12 May 2024
EN Wikipedia
Thomas Glendenning Hamilton
12 May 2024


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