Canada's electoral history from 1867 to today

Alfred Thompson
aliasAlfred Thompson
Record
60970 · 6695

Type of record
Elected candidate
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate
Deceased Performance: 75%
 
Canada 3 0 3
British Columbia 0 1 1
Total 3 1 4
Birth 6 June 1869 → 154 years + 10 months ago
Lived 70 years + 10 months
First mandate 3 November 1904 → 119 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 35 years + 4 months
Death 20 April 1940 → 84 years ago
Exit → Death 18 years + 4 months after 5 December 1921
Special notes
None
 
Alfred Thompson (1869–1940)
© Photo — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 14 2 4

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 6  
2 documented challengers
Frederick T. Congdon  m  (3 runoffs)
 
Mark M. Connelly  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,608 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
10
Yukon
3 November 1904
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20734(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
→ New to Parliament
Age
35
CONS
1/2 2,113 58.56% +618 Loser:
LIB
1,495 41.44% Frederick T. Congdon

Service:
3 years 11 months 22 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 2,871 Votes: 2,514 Participation: 87.57% Candidacies: 4
Federal
11
Yukon
26 October 1908
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20994(F) — 23 Jan 2022 15:20 ET
Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
39
Successor:
LIB
992 40.24% Frederick T. Congdon
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,114 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
12
Yukon
21 September 1911
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
 UNIO  10 Oct 1917
ID: 21232(F) — 3 Jul 2023 08:06 ET
→ Returned to Parliament after hiatus
Age
42
CONS
1/2 1,285 60.79% +456 Loser:
LIB
829 39.21% Frederick T. Congdon
After his election:
10 Oct 1917 48
CONS
UNIO
Change of government (remained in government)
Service: 6 years 2 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,767 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
13
Yukon
17 December 1917
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UNIO  Majority
 NLCP  10 Jul 1920
ID: 21490(F) — 3 Jul 2023 08:07 ET
Re-elected incumbent
Age
48
UNIO
1/2 959 54.27% +151 Loser:
LL
808 45.73% Frederick T. Congdon
After his election:
10 Jul 1920 51
UNIO
NLCP
Change of government (remained in government)
Service: 3 years 11 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,383 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
14
Yukon
6 December 1921
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 21753(F) — 5 Jul 2023 18:42 ET
Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
52
Successor:
NLCP
707 51.12% George Black
Eligible: 2,400 Votes: 1,844 Participation: 76.83% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
18
British Columbia
22 June 1936
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 29511(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
Failed to enter this legislature
Age
67
CONS
3/3 248 13.45% -651 Winner:
LIB
899 48.75% Mark M. Connelly

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Non-standard link
Changing Vancouver: Then and Now Images (2 July 2015), Archive for the ‘Dr Alfred Thompson’ Tag
29 Feb 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Alfred Thompson, M.P.
29 Feb 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Alfred Thompson, député
29 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Alfred Thompson (Yukon politician)
29 Feb 2024


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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
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