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♂ Thomas H. Preston
aliasThomas H. Preston
Record
50687 · 11715

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
Ontario 3 0 3
Total 3 1 4
Birth 22 October 1855 → 168 years + 6 months ago
Lived 70 years
First mandate 12 December 1899 → 124 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 44 years + 1 month
Death 7 November 1925 → 98 years + 5 months ago
Exit → Death 17 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 8 5 22 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Willoughby S. Brewster  m 
 		 ⊖ William F. Cockshutt  m 
 
Eligible: 6,599 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
9		 Ontario
12 December 1899
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33748(F) — 22 Feb 2022 23:53 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
44
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation ?

Service: 2 years 5 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,797 Votes: 5,164 Participation: 75.97% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
10		 Ontario
29 May 1902
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33504(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
46
LIB
 1/2 2,727 53.32% +340 Loser:
LC
 2,387 46.68% John Fraser

Service: 2 years 7 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 7,020 Votes: 6,057 Participation: 86.28% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
11		 Ontario
25 January 1905
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 33602(F) — 30 Dec 2022 12:42 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
49
LIB
 1/2 3,091 51.26% +152 Loser:
LC
 2,939 48.74% Willoughby S. Brewster

Service: 3 years 4 months 13 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 6,843 Votes: 5,490 Participation: 80.23% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
12		 Ontario
8 June 1908
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 33790(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
52		 Successor:
LC
 2,815 51.83% Willoughby S. Brewster
Eligible: inc. Votes: 5,599 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
12		 Ontario
21 September 1911
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 21072(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
55
LIB
 2/2 2,440 43.58% -719 Winner:
CONS
 3,159 56.42% William F. Cockshutt

Online biographical references (2)

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

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  8 Oct 2023 12:18 (but data presented dynamically)

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