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♂ Benjamin Davies
aliasBenjamin Davies
Record
14564 · 6327

Anglican   ∞2
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 1 0 1
Birth c. 1813 → 211 years ago
Lived ± 91 years
First mandate 2 April 1873 → 151 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age ± 60 years
Death c. September 1904 → 119 years + 8 months ago
Exit → Death ± 28 years + 16 days after 16 August 1876
Special notes
None
 
Benjamin Davies (c.1813–c.1904)
© Photo — Public domain
Family ties with other documented individuals
⊖ Louis H. Davies (1845–1924) Son  
⊖ Louis D. Hyndman (1935–2013) Great-great-grandson  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Prince Edward Island 3 4 14 Z

Electoral history

Race 1  
Path points 2  
2 documented challengers
⊖ John Hamilton Gray  m 
 		 ⊖ David Laird  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,711 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
26		 Prince Edward Island
2 April 1873
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 26455(F) — 13 Feb 2022 12:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±60
LIB
 2/4 696 51.33% +32 Loser:
LIB
 664 48.97% Richard Smith

Service: 3 years 4 months 14 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,366 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
27		 Prince Edward Island
17 August 1876
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  FREE  Majority
ID: 26471(F) — 12 Jul 2023 12:34 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
±63		 Successor:
FREE
 1,030 87.07% John F. Robertson

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.])
Davies, Benjamin		  6 May 2024
EN UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly
Benjamin Davies		  6 May 2024
EN Wikipedia
Benjamin Davies (politician)		  6 May 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  6 May 2024 18:46 (but data presented dynamically)

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