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♂ Daniel Bishop Meigs
aliasDaniel Meigs
Record
42767 · 6009

  
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 83%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 5 1 6
Birth 1 June 1835 → 189 years ago
Lived 81 years + 1 month
First mandate 27 March 1888 → 136 years + 2 months ago
↳ at age 52 years + 9 months
Death 6 July 1916 → 107 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death 4 years + 9 months after 20 September 1911
Special notes
None
 
Daniel Bishop Meigs (1835–1916)
© Photo 1906 House of Commons (Canada) — 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 Farnham, Québec
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 18 1 30

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 7  
2 documented challengers
⊖ George B. Baker  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Follin H. Pickel  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,017 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
6		 Québec
27 March 1888
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19704(F) — 28 Nov 2021 18:02 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
52
LIB
 1/2 1,617 53.60% +217 Loser:
LC
 1,400 46.40% George B. Baker

Service: 2 years 11 months 5 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,393 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
7		 Québec
5 March 1891
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19907(F) — 28 Nov 2021 18:50 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
55
LIB
 2/2 1,617 47.66% -159 Winner:
LC
 1,776 52.34% George B. Baker
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,158 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
8		 Québec
23 June 1896
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20195(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 → Returned to Parliament after hiatus
Age
61
LIB
 1/2 1,687 53.42% +216 Loser:
CONS
 1,471 46.58% G.F. Slack

Service: 4 years 4 months 14 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,702 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
9		 Québec
7 November 1900
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20452(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
65
LIB
 1/2 1,864 50.35% +26 Loser:
CONS
 1,838 49.65% Jean-Baptiste Comeau

Service: 3 years 11 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,873 Votes: 3,602 Participation: 73.92% Candidacies: 2
Federal
10		 Québec
3 November 1904
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20701(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
69
LIB
 1/2 1,848 51.88% +134 Loser:
CONS
 1,714 48.12% Jean-Baptiste Comeau

Service: 3 years 11 months 22 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,114 Votes: 3,838 Participation: 75.05% Candidacies: 3
Federal
11		 Québec
26 October 1908
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20962(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
73
LIB
 1/3 1,891 49.58% +18 Loser:
CONS
 1,873 49.11% Follin H. Pickel

Service: 2 years 10 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,802 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
12		 Québec
21 September 1911
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 21190(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
76		 Successor:
LIB
 2,002 52.66% William F. Kay

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Daniel Bishop Meigs, M.P.		 25 May 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Daniel Bishop Meigs, député		 25 May 2024
EN Wikipedia
Daniel Bishop Meigs		 25 May 2024
FR Wikipédia
Daniel Bishop Meigs		 25 May 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 25 May 2024 10:24 (but data presented dynamically)

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