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♂ Charles W. Fisher
aliasCharles W. Fisher
Record
19903 · 7936

☆   Roman Catholic   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Alberta 4 0 4
North-Western Territories 1 0 1
Total 5 0 5
Birth 4 August 1866 → 157 years + 8 months ago
Lived 52 years + 9 months
First mandate 4 February 1903 → 121 years + 2 months ago
↳ at age 36 years + 6 months
Death 5 May 1919 → 104 years + 11 months ago
Died in office Yes
Special notes
None
 
Charles W. Fisher (1866–1919)
© Photo c.1913 Public Archives, Alberta — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
The advent of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020 changed our world. The previous global pandemic a century before cost the life of Fisher, an Alberta Liberal.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Alberta 13 5 21 Z
North-Western Territories 2 6 25 Z
TOTAL 16 0 17

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. AB 1–4
LIB
 1 Speaker 39–52 15 Mar 1906 — 05 May 1919 13 1 20

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Robert G. Brett  m  (2 runoffs)
 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 456 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Territorial
5		 North-Western Territories
4 February 1903
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LICO  Majority
ID: 30616(F) — 21 Jul 2021 17:10 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
36
LIB
 1/2 263 57.68% +70 Loser:
LICO
 193 42.32% H.J. Richardson

Service: 2 years 6 months 27 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 784 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
1		 Alberta
9 November 1905
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 27388(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
39
LIB
 1/2 421 53.70% +58 Loser:
CONS
 363 46.30% Robert G. Brett

Service: 3 years 4 months 12 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 1,034 Votes: 931 Participation: 90.04% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
2		 Alberta
22 March 1909
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 27446(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
42
LIB
 1/2 627 67.56% +326 Loser:
CONS
 301 32.44% Robert G. Brett

Service: 4 years 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 1,005 Votes: 856 Participation: 85.17% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
3		 Alberta
17 April 1913
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 27478(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
46
LIB
 1/2 475 55.56% +95 Loser:
CONS
 380 44.44% H.F. Jarrett

Service: 4 years 1 month 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 1,317 Votes: 1,112 Participation: 84.43% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
4		 Alberta
7 June 1917
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 27544(F) — 5 Mar 2022 16:27 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
LIB
 1/2 630 57.32% +161 Loser:
CONS
 469 42.68% H.E.G.H. Scholefield
After his election:
5 May 1919 52
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Died in office
Service: 1 year 10 months 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,543 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
4		 Alberta
3 November 1919
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 27593(F) — 6 Nov 2022 11:19 ET
—
 Deceased
Age
52		 Successor:
UFA
 835 54.12% Alexander A. Moore

Online biographical references (4)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Charles W. Fisher		 03 Feb 2024
EN Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, SELD: North-West Territories: Council and Legislative Assembly, 1876-1905
(pp. 13, 16, 21)		 03 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
Charles W. Fisher		 03 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Charles W. Fisher (Canadian politician)		 03 Feb 2024

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