Canada's electoral history from 1867 to today

Charles F. Ferguson
aliasCharles F. Ferguson
Record
19530 · 5234

Irish-Canadian   1
Type of record
Elected candidate
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate
Deceased Performance: 100%
 
Canada 6 0 6
Birth 20 July 1834 → 189 years + 9 months ago
Lived 75 years + 2 months
First mandate 22 January 1874 → 150 years + 3 months ago
↳ at age 39 years + 6 months
Death 29 September 1909 → 114 years + 7 months ago
Exit → Death 13 years + 3 months after 22 June 1896
Special notes
None
 
Charles F. Ferguson (1834–1909) 200x323
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Family tie with other documented individual
G. Howard Ferguson (1870–1946) Son  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 22 3 20

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 7  
2 documented challengers
Francis T. Frost  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Francis Jones  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 2,344 Votes: 1,703 Participation: 72.65% Candidacies: 2
Federal
3
Ontario
22 January 1874
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18781(F) — 20 Jan 2022 22:48 ET
→ New to Parliament
Age
39
LC
1/2 918 53.90% +133 Loser:
CONS
785 46.10% Francis Jones
After his election:
10 Nov 1874 40
CONS
Vac.
Election cancelled/Unseated
Service: 9 months 19 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 2,344 Votes: 1,682 Participation: 71.76% Candidacies: 2
Federal
3
Ontario
16 December 1874
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18930(F) — 28 Nov 2021 11:16 ET
Re-elected incumbent
Age
40
LC
1/2 917 54.52% +152 Loser:
IND
765 45.48% John K. Weir

Service:
3 years 9 months (Oppo.)
Eligible: 2,737 Votes: 1,729 Participation: 63.17% Candidacies: 2
Federal
4
Ontario
17 September 1878
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19067(F) — 28 Nov 2021 13:19 ET
Re-elected incumbent
Age
44
LC
1/2 859 51.07% +36 Loser:
CONS
823 48.93% Francis Jones

Service:
3 years 9 months 2 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,810 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
5
Ontario
20 June 1882
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19263(F) — 28 Nov 2021 15:32 ET
Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
LC
1/2 1,048 57.90% +286 Loser:
LIB
762 42.10% Francis T. Frost

Service:
4 years 8 months 1 day (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,178 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
6
Ontario
22 February 1887
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19470(F) — 28 Nov 2021 17:31 ET
Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
LC
1/3 1,140 52.34% +393 Loser:
CONS
747 34.30% Angus Buchanan

Service:
4 years 10 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,476 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
7
Ontario
5 March 1891
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19822(F) — 28 Nov 2021 18:36 ET
Re-elected incumbent
Age
56
LC
1/2 1,311 52.95% +146 Loser:
LIB
1,165 47.05% Francis T. Frost

Service:
5 years 3 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,855 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
8
Ontario
23 June 1896
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20110(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
61
Successor:
LIB
1,432 50.16% Francis T. Frost

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Charles Frederick Ferguson, M.P.
 9 Dec 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Charles Frederick Ferguson, député
 9 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
Charles Frederick Ferguson
 9 Dec 2023


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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  9 Dec 2023 20:22 (but data presented dynamically)