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♂ Thomas Bain
aliasThomas Bain
Record
2274 · 5173

  
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 7 0 7
Birth 14 December 1834 → 189 years + 5 months ago
Lived 80 years + 1 month
First mandate 20 July 1872 → 151 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 37 years + 7 months
Death 18 January 1915 → 109 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 14 years + 2 months after 6 November 1900
Special notes
None
 
Thomas Bain (1834–1915)
© Photo — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Election or appointment outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate ✗
Legis. Council ✗
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Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve West Flamboro, Ontario
Mun./Co. Council ✗
School Board ✗
Blank/Vide ✗

Length of service in elected office within the scope of PoliCan

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 28 3 10

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 8
LIB
 1 Speaker 64–65 01 Aug 1899 — 06 Nov 1900 1 3 5

Electoral history

Races 7  
Path points 8  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Thomas Stock  m 
 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,185 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
2		 Ontario
20 July 1872
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Minority
 LIB  5 Nov 1873
ID: 18588(F) — 25 Jun 2023 18:05 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
37
LIB
 1/2 1,145 52.40% +105 Loser:
IND
 1,040 47.60% Robert McKechnie
After his election:
5 Nov 1873 38
CONS
 →
LIB
 Change of government (became part of government)
Service: 1 year 6 months 1 day (Oppo. & Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
3		 Ontario
22 January 1874
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18824(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
39
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 4 years 7 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,602 Votes: 2,656 Participation: 73.74% Candidacies: 2
Federal
4		 Ontario
17 September 1878
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19110(F) — 23 Jul 2023 02:09 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
LIB
 1/2 1,343 52.05% +106 Loser:
IND
 1,237 47.95% Thomas Stock

Service: 3 years 9 months 2 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,587 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
5		 Ontario
20 June 1882
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19306(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
LIB
 1/2 1,295 50.06% +3 Loser:
IND
 1,292 49.94% Robert McKechnie

Service: 4 years 8 months 1 day (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,152 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
6		 Ontario
22 February 1887
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19514(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
LIB
 1/2 1,639 52.00% +126 Loser:
CONS
 1,513 48.00% T.B. Townsend

Service: 4 years 10 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,834 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
7		 Ontario
5 March 1891
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19866(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
56
LIB
 1/2 1,517 53.53% +200 Loser:
CONS
 1,317 46.47% Alex R. Wardell

Service: 5 years 3 months 17 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 5,159 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
8		 Ontario
23 June 1896
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20155(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
61
LIB
 1/2 2,673 51.81% +187 Loser:
CONS
 2,486 48.19% Andrew H. Pettit

Service: 4 years 4 months 14 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 5,012 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
9		 Ontario
7 November 1900
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20409(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
65		 Successor:
CONS
 2,584 51.56% Ernest D. Smith

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Thomas Bain, M.P.		 17 Mar 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Thomas Bain, député		 17 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Thomas Bain		 17 Mar 2024
FR Wikipédia
Thomas Bain		 17 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 17 Mar 2024 12:46 (but data presented dynamically)

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