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♂ Gordon Cameron Edwards
aliasGordon Edwards
Record
18255 · 12397

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
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Canada 1 0 1
Birth 12 November 1866 → 157 years + 6 months ago
Lived 79 years + 11 months
First mandate 14 September 1926 → 97 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 59 years + 10 months
Death 2 November 1946 → 77 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 16 years + 3 months after 27 July 1930
Special notes
None
 
Gordon Cameron Edwards (1866–1946)
© Photo — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ William C. Edwards (1844–1921) Uncle  
 

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

Race 1  
Path points 2  
3 documented challengers
⊖ John Léo Chabot  m 
⊖ Stewart McClenaghan  m 
 		 ⊖ Edgar-Rodolphe-Eugène Chevrier  m 
 
Eligible: 71,552 Votes: 89,493 Participation: 62.54% Candidacies: 4
Federal
16		 Ontario
14 September 1926
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22154(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
59
LIB
 2/4 22,950 51.29% +1,033 Loser:
LC
 21,917 48.98% Stewart McClenaghan

Service: 3 years 10 months 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 61,535 Votes: 97,098 Participation: 78.90% Candidacies: 4
Federal
17		 Ontario
28 July 1930
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 22428(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
63		 Successor:
LIB
 25,632 52.80% T. Franklin Ahearn

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Gordon Cameron Edwards		 18 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Gordon Cameron Edwards		 18 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Gordon Cameron Edwards		 18 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 18 Apr 2024 22:55 (but data presented dynamically)

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