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♂ David Creighton
aliasDavid Creighton
Record
13385 · 11615

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 80%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 4 1 5
Birth 1 April 1843 → 181 years + 1 month ago
Lived 74 years + 7 months
First mandate 30 October 1875 → 148 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 32 years + 6 months
Death 7 November 1917 → 106 years + 5 months ago
Exit → Death 27 years + 5 months after 4 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
Ontario 14 7 1 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
1 documented challenger
⊖ James Cleland  m  (2 runoffs)
 
 
Eligible: 3,965 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
3		 Ontario
30 October 1875
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33096(F) — 21 Feb 2022 17:14 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
32
LC
 1/1 By acclamation ?

Service: 3 years 7 months 5 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 5,415 Votes: 3,302 Participation: 60.98% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
4		 Ontario
5 June 1879
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32877(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
36
LC
 1/2 1,660 50.27% +18 Loser:
LIB
 1,642 49.73% ? Doyle

Service: 3 years 8 months 21 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 5,653 Votes: 3,965 Participation: 70.14% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
5		 Ontario
27 February 1883
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32965(F) — 31 Dec 2022 16:07 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
39
LC
 1/2 2,048 51.97% +155 Loser:
LIB
 1,893 48.03% ? Doyle

Service: 3 years 10 months (Oppo.)
Eligible: 6,145 Votes: 4,163 Participation: 67.75% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
6		 Ontario
28 December 1886
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33154(F) — 31 Dec 2022 14:37 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
LC
 1/2 2,076 50.22% +18 Loser:
LIB
 2,058 49.78% James Cleland

Service: 3 years 5 months 7 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 6,285 Votes: 4,266 Participation: 67.88% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
7		 Ontario
5 June 1890
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33247(F) — 31 Dec 2022 12:14 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
47
LC
 2/2 1,935 45.56% -377 Winner:
LIB
 2,312 54.44% James Cleland

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
David Creighton		 03 Aug 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
David Creighton		 03 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
David Creighton		 03 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  3 Aug 2023 10:50 (but data presented dynamically)

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