♂ Amor De Cosmos ♦
 Mormon |
Record 14828 · 4975 |
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| Type of record Elected candidate ✓ Known but unelected candidate Perennial candidate |
Deceased | Performance: 83%
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| Double mandate: British Columbia (Victoria)
Up until about 1872-74 (depending on the jurisdiction), a parliamentarian could sit in his provincial legislature and the Commons. |
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| Birth | Death | Lived | Died in office |
| 20 August 1825 (198 years 7 months ago) |
4 July 1897 (126 years 9 months ago) |
71 years 10 months | No |
Service in elected office
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Leadership role
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| # | Legislature | Party | M | Int | Role | Age | Dates | y | m | d | |
| 1. | BC | 1 | GOV | 1 | Premier | 47–48 | 23 Dec 1872 — 09 Feb 1874 | 1 | 1 | 17 | |
Electoral history
| → 6 recorded electoral participations → 7 electoral path points |
→ 8 documented challengers: |
Edgar C. Baker m Robert Beaven m Cornelius Booth m Arthur Bunster m John A. Macdonald m Henry Nathan m (2 runoffs) Francis J. Roscoe m Noah Shakespeare m |
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| Provincial Ass.: 1 |
British Columbia | Victoria | |||||||
| 21 October 1871 | Age: 46 |
→ New to this legislature | |||||||
| General | ✓ | 1/3 | IND | 79.89% | 151 of 377 | Elig.: inc. | Parti.: inc. | ||
| Loser > | IND | 54.50% | 103 (-48) | William Dalby m | |||||
| Post-Election... | |||||||||
| 22 October 1871 > | ?? | IND | → | GOV | Changed allegiance | ||||
| 9 February 1874 > | ?? | GOV | → | Vac. | Resigned: Elected in another riding | ||||
| ID: 28607(F) — 29 Jul 2023 00:06 ET | Service: 2 years 3 months 19 days (O & G) | ||||||||
| Federal Ass.: 1 |
British Columbia | Victoria | |||||||
| 24 November 1871 | Age: 46 |
→ New to Parliament | |||||||
| By-Election | ✓ | 1/2 | LIB | 0.00% | 0 of 0 | Elig.: n/a | Parti.: n/a | ||
| By acclamation | |||||||||
| ID: 18474(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET | Service: 0 year 7 months 25 days (Oppo.) | ||||||||
| Federal Ass.: 2 |
British Columbia | Victoria | |||||||
| 20 July 1872 | Age: 46 |
Re-elected incumbent | |||||||
| General | ✓ | 2/3 | LIB | 89.04% | 398 of 894 | Elig.: inc. | Parti.: inc. | ||
| Loser > | IND | 21.03% | 94 (-304) | Robert Beaven m ( 36 ) | |||||
| Post-Election... | |||||||||
| 5 November 1873 > | ?? | CONS | → | LIB | |||||
| ID: 18667(F) — 25 Jun 2023 12:00 ET | Service: 1 year 6 months 1 day (Oppo.) | ||||||||
| Federal Ass.: 3 |
British Columbia | Victoria | |||||||
| 22 January 1874 | Age: 48 |
Re-elected incumbent | |||||||
| General | ✓ | 1/4 | LIB | 61.11% | 308 of 1,008 | Elig.: 959 | Parti.: 52.55% | ||
| Loser > | IND | 59.33% | 299 (-9) | C. Morton m | |||||
| ID: 18705(F) — 21 Oct 2023 18:34 ET | Service: 4 years 7 months 25 days (Gov't) | ||||||||
| Provincial Ass.: 1 |
British Columbia | Victoria | |||||||
| 26 February 1874 | Age: 48 |
Incumbent did not run in this election | |||||||
| By-Election | |||||||||
| Successor > | OPPO | 63.51% | 141 of 443 | William F. Tolmie m ( 62 ) | |||||
| ID: 28618(F) — 21 Oct 2023 16:32 ET | |||||||||
| Federal Ass.: 4 |
British Columbia | Victoria | |||||||
| 17 September 1878 | Age: 53 |
Re-elected incumbent | |||||||
| General | ✓ | 2/3 | LIB | 55.69% | 538 of 1,914 | Elig.: 1,294 | Parti.: 74.65% | ||
| Loser > | IND | 49.69% | 480 (-58) | J.P. Davies m | |||||
| ID: 18991(F) — 23 Oct 2022 13:58 ET | Service: 3 years 9 months 2 days (Oppo.) | ||||||||
| Federal Ass.: 5 |
British Columbia | Victoria | |||||||
| 20 June 1882 | Age: 56 |
Defeated incumbent | Exit from legislature → | ||||||
| General | ✗ | 3/6 | LIB | 36.59% | 307 of 1,677 | Elig.: inc. | Parti.: inc. | ||
| Winner > | CONS | 52.56% | 441 (+134) | Edgar C. Baker m ( 36 ) | |||||
| ID: 19187(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET | |||||||||
| → 8 online biographical references |
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| Lg | Hyperlink | Retrieved on |
| EN | Canadian Encyclopedia: Amor de Cosmos | 11 Feb 2024 |
| FR | Encyclopédie canadienne: Amor de Cosmos | 11 Feb 2024 |
| EN | Dictionary of Canadian Biography: De Cosmos, Amor | 11 Feb 2024 |
| FR | Dictionnaire biographique du Canada: De Cosmos, Amor | 11 Feb 2024 |
| EN | Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo): Amor De Cosmos, M.P. | 11 Feb 2024 |
| FR | Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo): Amor De Cosmos, député | 11 Feb 2024 |
| EN | Wikipedia: Amor De Cosmos | 11 Feb 2024 |
| FR | Wikipédia: Amor De Cosmos | 11 Feb 2024 |
Rev.: 11 Feb 2024 @ 23:42 ET
Gen.: 17 Apr 2024 @ 21:54 ET
Gen.: 17 Apr 2024 @ 21:54 ET