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♂ Herbert B. Adshead
aliasHerbert B. Adshead
Record
236 · 7886

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 1 2
Alberta 0 1 1
Total 1 2 3
Birth 17 October 1862 → 161 years + 7 months ago
Lived 69 years + 6 months
First mandate 14 September 1926 → 97 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 63 years + 10 months
Death 2 May 1932 → 92 years ago
Exit → Death 1 year + 9 months after 27 July 1930
Special notes
None
 
Herbert B. Adshead (1862–1932)
© Photo 1929 — 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 3 10 12

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
11 documented challengers
⊖ Thomas Henry Blow  m 
⊖ Robert C. Edwards  m 
⊖ Robert C. Marshall  m 
⊖ Robert Pearson  m 
⊖ George D. Stanley  m 
⊖ Fred J. White  m 
 		 ⊖ Fred Davis  m 
⊖ Samuel B. Hillocks  m 
⊖ Robert Henry Parkyn  m 
⊖ Alexander Ross  m 
⊖ George Harry Webster  m 
 
Eligible: 32,103 Votes: 75,876 Participation: 53.50% Candidacies: 20
Provincial
5		 Alberta
18 July 1921
General
Plurality-at-large (5)
Gov't  UFA  Majority
ID: 27600(F) — 29 Oct 2022 09:48 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
58
IND
 14/20 2,878 18.97% -2,263 Winner:
IND
 5,141 33.88% Robert Pearson
Eligible: 22,283 Votes: 12,002 Participation: 53.86% Candidacies: 3
Federal
16		 Alberta
14 September 1926
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22045(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
63
LAB
 1/3 6,707 55.88% +1,575 Loser:
LC
 5,132 42.76% A.T. Fred Davis

Service: 3 years 10 months 13 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 25,355 Votes: 17,346 Participation: 68.41% Candidacies: 2
Federal
17		 Alberta
28 July 1930
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 22319(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
67
LAB
 2/2 6,002 34.60% -5,342 Winner:
LC
 11,344 65.40% George D. Stanley

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
Herbert Bealey Adshead		  3 Feb 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Herbert Bealey Adshead, M.P.		  3 Feb 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Herbert Bealey Adshead, député		  3 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Herbert Bealey Adshead		  3 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  3 Feb 2024 16:34 (but data presented dynamically)

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