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♂ Richard Harcourt
aliasRichard Harcourt
Record
25950 · 11712

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 10 0 10
Birth 17 March 1849 → 175 years + 1 month ago
Lived 83 years + 8 months
First mandate 21 December 1878 → 145 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 29 years + 9 months
Death 29 November 1932 → 91 years + 5 months ago
Exit → Death 24 years + 5 months after 7 June 1908
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 29 4 24 Z

Electoral history

Races 10  
Path points 11  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Arthur Boyle  m 
⊖ James A. Ross  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Walter H. Montague  m 
 
Eligible: 3,373 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
3		 Ontario
21 December 1878
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33106(F) — 21 Feb 2022 17:25 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
29
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation ?

Service: 5 months 14 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,467 Votes: 2,823 Participation: 81.42% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
4		 Ontario
5 June 1879
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32903(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
30
LIB
 1/2 1,486 52.64% +149 Loser:
LC
 1,337 47.36% E.K. Dodds

Service: 3 years 8 months 21 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,883 Votes: 3,026 Participation: 77.93% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
5		 Ontario
27 February 1883
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32991(F) — 31 Dec 2022 16:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
33
LIB
 1/2 1,574 52.17% +131 Loser:
LC
 1,443 47.83% Walter H. Montague

Service: 3 years 10 months (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,417 Votes: 3,183 Participation: 72.06% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
6		 Ontario
28 December 1886
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33180(F) — 31 Dec 2022 14:49 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
37
LIB
 1/2 1,643 51.78% +113 Loser:
LC
 1,530 48.22% Arthur Boyle

Service: 3 years 5 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,377 Votes: 3,121 Participation: 71.30% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
7		 Ontario
5 June 1890
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33272(F) — 31 Dec 2022 12:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
41
LIB
 1/2 1,765 56.83% +424 Loser:
LIB
 1,341 43.17% T.A. Snider
After his election:
16 Sep 1890 41
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran in a ministerial by-election
Service: 3 months 11 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,463 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
7		 Ontario
30 September 1890
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33705(F) — 11 Oct 2022 13:35 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
41
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 3 years 8 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,203 Votes: 3,052 Participation: 72.61% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
8		 Ontario
26 June 1894
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33361(F) — 31 Dec 2022 09:54 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
LIB
 1/2 1,519 51.13% +67 Loser:
PP
 1,452 48.87% Hugh Crawford

Service: 3 years 8 months 2 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,362 Votes: 3,684 Participation: 84.46% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
9		 Ontario
1 March 1898
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33456(F) — 30 Dec 2022 19:06 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
48
LIB
 1/2 1,985 54.50% +328 Loser:
LC
 1,657 45.50% T. Galbraith

Service: 4 years 2 months 27 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,367 Votes: 3,417 Participation: 78.25% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
10		 Ontario
29 May 1902
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33549(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
LIB
 1/2 1,876 55.14% +350 Loser:
LC
 1,526 44.86% James A. Ross

Service: 2 years 7 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,266 Votes: 3,531 Participation: 82.77% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
11		 Ontario
25 January 1905
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 33648(F) — 30 Dec 2022 14:34 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
55
LIB
 1/2 1,766 51.11% +77 Loser:
LC
 1,689 48.89% James A. Ross

Service: 3 years 4 months 13 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 4,566 Votes: 3,619 Participation: 79.26% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
12		 Ontario
8 June 1908
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 33836(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
59		 Successor:
LC
 1,816 50.49% James A. Ross

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Richard Harcourt		 12 Aug 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Richard Harcourt		 12 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
Richard Harcourt		 12 Aug 2023

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