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♂ Thomas D'Arcy McGee
aliasThomas D'Arcy McGee
Record
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☆   Irish-Canadian    Roman Catholic   ∞1
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased
A Father of Confederation 		Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 0 1
Birth 13 April 1825 → 199 years ago
Lived 42 years + 11 months
First mandate 7 August 1867 → 156 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 42 years + 3 months
Death 7 April 1868 → 156 years ago
Died in office Yes
Conferences Confederation conferences attended
representing Canada East:
✓ Charlottetown (September 1864)
✓ Québec (October 1864)
✗ London (December 1866)
Special notes
None
 
Thomas D'Arcy McGee (1825–1868)
© Photo — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Frank C. McGee (1926–1999) Grand-nephew  
 
Well that's interesting!
One of the 36 traditional Fathers of Confederation, McGee remains to this day the only Canadian politician to have been assassinated while in office. He was the third of the 36 to die but, at age 42 years and 11 months, he is the one who died the youngest.
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 0 8 0

Electoral history

Race 1  
Path points 3  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Bernard Devlin  m 
 
 
Eligible: 7,860 Votes: 5,153 Participation: 65.56% Candidacies: 2
Federal
1		 Québec
7 August 1867
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 17752(F) — 19 Jan 2022 20:21 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
42
LC
 1/2 2,675 51.91% +197 Loser:
LIB
 2,478 48.09% Bernard Devlin
After his election:
7 Apr 1868 42
LC
 →
Vac.
 Died in office
Service: 8 months (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,957 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
1		 Québec
15 September 1867
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 14828(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:34 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
42		 Successor:
CONS
 Acclam. Alexander W. Ogilvie
Eligible: 7,860 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
1		 Québec
20 April 1868
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 18444(F) — 27 Nov 2021 22:11 ET
—
 Deceased
Age
42		 Successor:
LC
 Acclam. Michael P. Ryan

Online biographical references (6)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Canadian Encyclopedia
Thomas D'Arcy McGee		 16 Mar 2024
FR Encyclopédie canadienne
Thomas D'Arcy McGee		 16 Mar 2024
EN Dictionary of Canadian Biography
McGee, Thomas D'Arcy		 16 Mar 2024
FR Dictionnaire biographique du Canada
McGee, Thomas D'Arcy		 16 Mar 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Thomas D'Arcy McGee, M.P.		 16 Mar 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Thomas D'Arcy McGee, député		 16 Mar 2024
FR Quebec National Assembly
Thomas D'Arcy McGee		 16 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Thomas D'Arcy McGee		 16 Mar 2024
FR Wikipédia
Thomas D'Arcy McGee		 16 Mar 2024

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