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♂ Wellington D. Cargill
aliasWellington D. Cargill
Record
9440 · 10592

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 25%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
Ontario 1 2 3
Total 1 3 4
Birth 26 February 1865 → 159 years + 2 months ago
Lived 77 years
First mandate 29 June 1914 → 109 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 49 years + 4 months
Death 13 March 1942 → 82 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 22 years + 4 months after 19 October 1919
Special notes
None
 

Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Henry Cargill (1838–1903) Father  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Ontario 5 3 20 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Malcolm A. McCallum  m 
⊖ Reuben E. Truax  m 
 		 ⊖ Frank Rennie  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 5,781 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
12		 Ontario
30 October 1913
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 21258(F) — 1 Jul 2023 17:31 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
48
CONS
 2/2 2,833 49.01% -115 Winner:
LIB
 2,948 50.99% Reuben E. Truax
Eligible: 4,693 Votes: 3,340 Participation: 71.17% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
14		 Ontario
29 June 1914
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 34012(F) — 29 Dec 2022 20:36 ET
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 → New to this legislature
Age
49
LC
 1/2 1,820 54.77% +317 Loser:
LIB
 1,503 45.23% John Johnston

Service: 5 years 3 months 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 8,377 Votes: 6,699 Participation: 79.97% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
15		 Ontario
20 October 1919
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UFO  Minority
ID: 34143(F) — 13 Oct 2023 13:04 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
54
LC
 3/3 1,855 28.49% -872 Winner:
LIB
 2,727 41.88% Frank Rennie
Eligible: 13,505 Votes: 9,764 Participation: 72.30% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
17		 Ontario
1 December 1926
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 34393(F) — 6 Nov 2022 11:14 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
61
LC
 2/2 4,794 49.34% -128 Winner:
PROG
 4,922 50.66% Malcolm A. McCallum

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Wellington David Cargill		 31 Jul 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Wellington David Cargill		 31 Jul 2023
EN Wikipedia
Wellington David Cargill		 31 Jul 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 31 Jul 2023 17:49 (but data presented dynamically)

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