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♂ Charles Reginald Lionel Cannon
aliasCharles Cannon
Record
9281 · 14480

Anglican     
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Manitoba 2 1 3
Birth 24 November 1866 → 157 years + 5 months ago
Lived 84 years + 6 months
First mandate 18 July 1922 → 101 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 55 years + 7 months
Death 9 June 1951 → 72 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death 23 years + 11 months after 27 June 1927
Special notes
None
 
Charles Reginald Lionel Cannon (1866–1951)
© Photo Archives of Manitoba via the Manitoba Historical Society — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Election or appointment outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate ✗
Legis. Council ✗
✗
Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve Strathcona, Manitoba (1907–1912)
Mun./Co. Council ✗
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 4 10 28 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
2 documented challengers
⊖ James B. Baird  m 
 		 ⊖ Irving Cleghorn  m 
 
Eligible: 4,331 Votes: 3,126 Participation: 72.18% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
17		 Manitoba
18 July 1922
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PROG  Majority
ID: 37217(F) — 20 Mar 2022 15:47 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
55
PROG
 1/3 1,580 50.54% +612 Loser:
LIB
 968 30.97% James B. Baird
After his election:
3 Dec 1923 57
PROG
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran in a ministerial by-election
Service: 1 year 4 months 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,331 Votes: 2,487 Participation: 57.42% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
17		 Manitoba
14 December 1923
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PROG  Majority
ID: 37284(F) — 14 Oct 2022 21:15 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
57
PROG
 1/2 1,630 65.54% +773 Loser:
CONS
 857 34.46% George M. Fraser

Service: 3 years 6 months 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,916 Votes: 3,072 Participation: 62.49% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
18		 Manitoba
28 June 1927
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  PROG  Majority
ID: 37315(F) — 20 Mar 2022 18:53 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
60
PROG
 2/2 1,494 48.63% -84 Winner:
LIB
 1,578 51.37% Irving M. Cleghorn

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Cannon, Charles Reginald Lionel		 14 May 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Cannon, Charles Reginald Lionel		 14 May 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
Charles Reginald Cannon (1866-1951)		 14 May 2024
EN Wikipedia
Charles Cannon (Manitoba politician)		 14 May 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 14 May 2024 18:40 (but data presented dynamically)

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