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♂ Benjamin Tett
aliasBenjamin Tett
Record
60594 · 11641

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 1 0 1
Birth 14 February 1798 → 226 years + 2 months ago
Lived 80 years + 3 months
First mandate 3 September 1867 → 156 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 69 years + 6 months
Death 15 May 1878 → 145 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death 7 years + 1 month after 20 March 1871
Special notes
None
 

Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Robert H. Preston (1840–1926) Son-in-law
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Ontario 3 6 15 Z

Electoral history

Race 1  
Path points 2  
Documented challenger
None
 
 
Eligible: 3,279 Votes: 2,753 Participation: 83.96% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
1		 Ontario
3 September 1867
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Minority
ID: 32637(F) — 8 Oct 2023 11:35 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
69
LC
 1/2 1,380 50.13% +7 Loser:
LIB
 1,373 49.87% S. Richards

Service: 3 years 6 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
2		 Ontario
21 March 1871
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Minority
ID: 32720(F) — 22 Jul 2023 19:37 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
73		 Successor:
LC
 Acclam. Herbert S. MacDonald

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Benjamin Tett		 08 Oct 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Benjamin Tett		 08 Oct 2023
EN Wikipedia
Benjamin Tett		 08 Oct 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  8 Oct 2023 11:35 (but data presented dynamically)

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