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♂ George Cowan
aliasGeorge Cowan
Record
13122 · 11050

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
British Columbia 4 0 4
Birth 23 June 1831 → 192 years + 10 months ago
Lived 79 years + 2 months
First mandate 20 June 1877 → 146 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 45 years + 11 months
Death 3 September 1910 → 113 years + 7 months ago
Exit → Death 20 years + 2 months after 12 June 1890
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
British Columbia 12 11 19 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
8 documented challengers
⊖ Alexander E.B. Davie  m 
⊖ George Ferguson  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Robert McLeese  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ George A. (Boomer) Walkem  m 
 		 ⊖ John Evans  m 
⊖ Joseph Mason  m 
⊖ Robert L. Shaw  m 
⊖ Charles Wilson  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 473 Votes: 304 Participation: 64.27% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
2		 British Columbia
20 June 1877
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28638(F) — 14 Oct 2022 19:32 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
45
OPPO
 1/2 181 59.54% +58 Loser:
GOV
 123 40.46% Alexander E.B. Davie

Service: 11 months 1 day (Oppo.)
Eligible: 481 Votes: 788 Participation: 66.53% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
3		 British Columbia
22 May 1878
General
Plurality-at-large (3)
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28640(F) — 23 Jul 2023 17:50 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
46
OPPO
 2/4 238 90.49% +170 Loser:
GOV
 68 25.86% Jonathan Nutt
After his election:
22 May 1878 46
OPPO
 →
GOV
 Changed allegiance (joined government)
Service: 4 years 2 months (Oppo. & Gov't)
Eligible: 512 Votes: 887 Participation: 65.23% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
4		 British Columbia
23 July 1882
General
Plurality-at-large (3)
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28657(F) — 23 Jul 2023 19:34 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
IND
 1/6 217 73.31% +100 Loser:
OPPO
 117 39.53% George Ferguson
After his election:
24 Jul 1882 51
IND
 →
GOV
 Changed allegiance (joined government)
Service: 3 years 11 months 13 days (Oppo. & Gov't)
Eligible: 456 Votes: 755 Participation: 60.53% Candidacies: 9
Provincial
5		 British Columbia
7 July 1886
General
Plurality-at-large (3)
Gov't  GOV  Majority
ID: 28678(F) — 2 Mar 2022 12:43 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
55
GOV
 3/9 111 44.05% +21 Loser:
GOV
 90 35.71% Charles Wilson

Service: 3 years 11 months 5 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 374 Votes: 642 Participation: 57.22% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
6		 British Columbia
13 June 1890
General
Plurality-at-large (3)
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28703(F) — 21 Oct 2023 17:56 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
58		 Successor:
GOV
 158 73.83% John Robson

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
George Cowan (politician)		 30 Sep 2023
FR Wikipédia
George Cowan (homme politique)		 30 Sep 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 30 Sep 2023 10:48 (but data presented dynamically)

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