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♂ Francis N. Darke
aliasFrancis N. Darke
Record
14413 · 7530

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 0 1
Saskatchewan 0 1 1
Total 1 1 2
Birth 25 October 1863 → 160 years + 7 months ago
Lived 76 years + 8 months
First mandate 29 October 1925 → 98 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 62 years
Death 17 July 1940 → 83 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 14 years + 4 months after 20 February 1926
Special notes
None
 

Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 0 3 22

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
5 documented challengers
⊖ M.J. Coldwell  m 
⊖ Murdoch Alexander MacPherson  m 
⊖ Franklin W. Turnbull  m 
 		 ⊖ James Grassick  m 
⊖ Donald A. McNiven  m 
 
Eligible: 17,676 Votes: 15,161 Participation: 85.77% Candidacies: 3
Federal
15		 Saskatchewan
29 October 1925
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 22019(F) — 24 Jan 2022 13:18 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
62
LIB
 1/3 7,478 49.32% +2,079 Loser:
LC
 5,399 35.61% Franklin W. Turnbull
After his election:
20 Feb 1926 62
LIB
 →
Vac.
 To vacate the seat for someone else
Service: 3 months 22 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 17,676 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
15		 Saskatchewan
16 March 1926
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 22039(F) — 26 Jun 2023 14:26 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
62		 Successor:
LIB
 Acclam. Charles A. Dunning
Eligible: 26,229 Votes: 43,296 Participation: 74.06% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
7		 Saskatchewan
6 June 1929
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 31483(F) — 27 Oct 2023 20:47 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
65
LIB
 3/4 8,725 40.30% -3,975 Winner:
CONS
 12,700 58.67% James Grassick

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Francis Nicholson Darke, M.P.		  4 Aug 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Francis Nicholson Darke, député		  4 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
Francis Nicholson Darke		  4 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  4 Aug 2023 23:22 (but data presented dynamically)

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