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♂ Leonidas Burwell
aliasLeonidas Burwell
Record
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Anglican   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 0%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
Birth 22 January 1818 → 206 years + 5 months ago
Lived 61 years + 6 months
 
Death 7 August 1879 → 144 years + 10 months ago
 
Special notes
Burwell was the member for Elgin East (Canada West) in the legislative assembly of the Province of Canada from 1857 to 1867.
 

Leonidas Burwell (1818–1879)
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Family tie with other documented individual
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Electoral history

Race 1  
Path points 2  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Thomas W. Dobbie  m 
 
 
Eligible: 3,733 Votes: 2,874 Participation: 76.99% Candidacies: 2
Federal
1		 Ontario
7 August 1867
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 17634(F) — 29 Jul 2023 15:42 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
49
LIB
 2/2 1,382 48.09% -110 Winner:
CONS
 1,492 51.91% Thomas W. Dobbie
Eligible: 3,759 Votes: 2,837 Participation: 75.47% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
1		 Ontario
3 September 1867
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Minority
ID: 32615(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
49		 Successor:
LC
 1,431 50.44% Daniel Luton

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
Leonidas G. Burwell		 24 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
Leonidas Burwell		 24 Dec 2023

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