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♂ Melzar Avery
aliasMelzar Avery
Record
2012 · 10537

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 2 1 3
Birth 30 September 1854 → 169 years + 7 months ago
Lived 84 years + 8 months
First mandate 15 January 1902 → 122 years + 3 months ago
↳ at age 47 years + 3 months
Death 19 June 1939 → 84 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 30 years + 7 months after 25 October 1908
Special notes
None
 
Melzar Avery (1854–1939)
© Photo 1906 — Public domain
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 6 9 8

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
1 documented challenger
⊖ John W. Edwards  m 
 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 4,626 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
9		 Ontario
15 January 1902
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20488(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
47
CONS
 1/2 2,505 54.15% +384 Loser:
LIB
 2,121 45.85% Franklin S. Wartman

Service: 2 years 9 months 18 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 6,619 Votes: 4,432 Participation: 66.96% Candidacies: 2
Federal
10		 Ontario
3 November 1904
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20592(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
CONS
 1/2 2,341 53.68% +321 Loser:
LIB
 2,020 46.32% Wellington J. Shibley

Service: 3 years 11 months 22 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 6,697 Votes: 3,983 Participation: 59.47% Candidacies: 2
Federal
11		 Ontario
26 October 1908
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20856(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
54
ICON
 2/2 1,772 44.79% -412 Winner:
CONS
 2,184 55.21% John W. Edwards

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Melzar Avery, M.P.		 11 Feb 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Melzar Avery, député		 11 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Melzar Avery		 11 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 11 Feb 2024 23:04 (but data presented dynamically)

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