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♂ Thomas Gibson
aliasThomas Gibson
Record
22818 · 11631

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 88%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 7 1 8
Birth 8 January 1825 → 199 years + 3 months ago
Lived ± 76 years
First mandate 21 March 1871 → 153 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age 46 years + 2 months
Death c. 15 January 1901 → 123 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death ± 2 years + 10 months after 28 February 1898
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 26 11 3 Z

Electoral history

Races 8  
Path points 9  
1 documented challenger
⊖ William T. Hays  m  (2 runoffs)
 
 
Eligible: 5,513 Votes: 3,996 Participation: 72.48% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
1		 Ontario
3 September 1867
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Minority
ID: 32629(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
42
LIB
 2/2 1,966 49.20% -64 Winner:
LC
 2,030 50.80% William T. Hays
Eligible: 5,889 Votes: 4,044 Participation: 68.67% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
2		 Ontario
21 March 1871
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Minority
 LIB  18 Dec 1871
ID: 32712(F) — 22 Jul 2023 18:10 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
46
LIB
 1/2 2,259 55.86% +474 Loser:
LC
 1,785 44.14% William T. Hays
After his election:
18 Dec 1871 46
LC
 →
LIB
 Change of government (became part of government)
Service: 3 years 9 months 27 days (Oppo. & Gov't)
Eligible: 4,078 Votes: 2,891 Participation: 70.89% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
3		 Ontario
18 January 1875
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32794(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
LIB
 1/2 1,530 52.92% +169 Loser:
LC
 1,361 47.08% F. Vannorman

Service: 4 years 4 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,515 Votes: 3,792 Participation: 68.76% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
4		 Ontario
5 June 1879
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32885(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
54
LIB
 1/2 1,924 50.74% +56 Loser:
LC
 1,868 49.26% ? Holmes

Service: 3 years 8 months 21 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,254 Votes: 3,971 Participation: 75.58% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
5		 Ontario
27 February 1883
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32973(F) — 31 Dec 2022 16:10 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
58
LIB
 1/2 1,994 50.52% +41 Loser:
LC
 1,953 49.48% T.E. Hays

Service: 3 years 10 months (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,706 Votes: 4,184 Participation: 73.33% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
6		 Ontario
28 December 1886
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33162(F) — 31 Dec 2022 14:40 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
61
LIB
 1/2 2,306 55.31% +443 Loser:
LC
 1,863 44.69% T.E. Hays

Service: 3 years 5 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,473 Votes: 4,043 Participation: 73.87% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
7		 Ontario
5 June 1890
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33255(F) — 31 Dec 2022 12:18 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
65
LIB
 1/2 2,256 56.27% +503 Loser:
LC
 1,753 43.73% A.H. Musgrave

Service: 4 years 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,130 Votes: 3,819 Participation: 74.44% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
8		 Ontario
26 June 1894
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33344(F) — 31 Dec 2022 09:48 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
69
LIB
 1/2 2,129 55.95% +453 Loser:
LIPA
 1,676 44.05% W. Milne

Service: 3 years 8 months 2 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,816 Votes: 4,344 Participation: 74.69% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
9		 Ontario
1 March 1898
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33439(F) — 30 Dec 2022 18:57 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
73		 Successor:
LIB
 2,417 55.74% Archibald Hislop

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Thomas Gibson		 08 Aug 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Thomas Gibson		 08 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
Thomas Gibson (Canadian politician)		 08 Aug 2023

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