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♂ Fawcett Gowler Taylor
aliasFawcett Taylor
Record
60295 · 14410

  
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 80%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Manitoba 4 1 5
Birth 29 April 1878 → 146 years ago
Lived 61 years + 8 months
First mandate 29 June 1920 → 103 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 42 years + 2 months
Death 2 January 1940 → 84 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 6 years + 8 months after 15 April 1933
Special notes
None
 
Fawcett Gowler Taylor (1878–1940)
© Photo Archives of Manitoba via the Manitoba Historical Society — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Elections or appointments outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate ✗
Legis. Council ✗
✗
Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve Portage la Prairie, Manitoba (1910)
Mun./Co. Council Portage la Prairie, Manitoba (1905; 1908–1909)
School Board ✗
Blank/Vide ✗

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 12 9 13 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. MB 16–19
CONS
 1 Party leader 43–54 05 Apr 1922 — 15 Apr 1933 11 0 10
2. MB 18–19
CONS
 1 Opposition Leader 49–54 01 Dec 1927 — 15 Apr 1933 5 4 14

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Charles McPherson  m 
 		 ⊖ Ewan Alexander McPherson  m  (3 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 2,130 Votes: 1,872 Participation: 87.89% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
15		 Manitoba
6 August 1915
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 37069(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
37
CONS
 2/2 807 43.11% -258 Winner:
LIB
 1,065 56.89% Ewen A. McPherson
Eligible: 2,605 Votes: 2,325 Participation: 89.25% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
16		 Manitoba
29 June 1920
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 37171(F) — 20 Mar 2022 12:17 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
42
CONS
 1/2 1,306 56.17% +287 Loser:
LIB
 1,019 43.83% Ewen A. McPherson

Service: 2 years 18 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 3,134 Votes: 2,743 Participation: 87.52% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
17		 Manitoba
18 July 1922
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PROG  Majority
ID: 37219(F) — 7 Oct 2021 10:06 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
44
CONS
 1/2 1,436 52.35% +129 Loser:
LIB
 1,307 47.65% Charles D. McPherson

Service: 4 years 11 months 9 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 2,698 Votes: 2,375 Participation: 88.03% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
18		 Manitoba
28 June 1927
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  PROG  Majority
ID: 37317(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
49
CONS
 1/2 1,580 66.53% +785 Loser:
LIB
 795 33.47% Sydney McKay

Service: 4 years 11 months 18 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 3,453 Votes: 3,067 Participation: 88.82% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
19		 Manitoba
16 June 1932
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  LIBP  Majority
ID: 37367(F) — 20 Mar 2022 19:09 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
54
CONS
 1/2 2,016 65.73% +965 Loser:
LIBP
 1,051 34.27% Ewen A. McPherson
After his election:
15 Apr 1933 54
CONS
 →
Vac.
 To accept an appointment (judge, senator, etc.)
Service: 9 months 30 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 3,453 Votes: 2,882 Participation: 83.46% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
19		 Manitoba
27 November 1933
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIBP  Majority
ID: 37382(F) — 7 Oct 2023 22:10 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
55		 Successor:
CONS
 1,261 43.75% William R. (Toby) Sexsmith

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Taylor, Fawcett Gowler		 13 May 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Taylor, Fawcett Gowler		 13 May 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
Fawcett Gowler Taylor (1878-1940)		 13 May 2024
EN Wikipedia
Fawcett Taylor		 13 May 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 13 May 2024 00:58 (but data presented dynamically)

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