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♂ Charles Calder
aliasCharles Calder
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 4 4 8
Birth 29 December 1852 → 171 years + 4 months ago
Lived 67 years + 3 months
First mandate 1 March 1898 → 126 years + 2 months ago
↳ at age 45 years + 2 months
Death 6 April 1920 → 104 years ago
Exit → Death 5 months + 18 days after 19 October 1919
Special notes
None
 

Charles Calder (1852–1920)
No photo available
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 12 9 16 Z

Electoral history

Races 8  
Path points 8  
2 documented challengers
⊖ John Dryden  m  (4 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ William E.N. Sinclair  m  (3 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 6,397 Votes: 5,486 Participation: 85.76% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
9		 Ontario
1 March 1898
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33464(F) — 30 Dec 2022 19:11 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
45
LC
 1/2 2,781 50.88% +96 Loser:
LIB
 2,685 49.12% John Dryden
After his election:
13 Oct 1898 45
LC
 →
Vac.
 Election cancelled/Unseated
Service: 7 months 12 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
9		 Ontario
1 November 1898
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33736(F) — 22 Feb 2022 23:40 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
45
LC
 2/2 1 33.33% -1 Winner:
LIB
 2 66.67% John Dryden
Eligible: 6,189 Votes: 5,136 Participation: 82.99% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
10		 Ontario
29 May 1902
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33557(F) — 30 Dec 2022 16:31 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
49
LC
 2/2 2,500 48.71% -132 Winner:
LIB
 2,632 51.29% John Dryden
Eligible: 6,118 Votes: 5,352 Participation: 87.48% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
11		 Ontario
25 January 1905
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 33657(F) — 30 Dec 2022 14:38 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
52
LC
 1/2 2,720 51.05% +112 Loser:
LIB
 2,608 48.95% John Dryden

Service: 3 years 4 months 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,730 Votes: 5,277 Participation: 78.41% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
12		 Ontario
8 June 1908
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 33845(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
55
LC
 1/2 2,773 52.90% +304 Loser:
LIB
 2,469 47.10% James Carnegie

Service: 3 years 6 months 2 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,705 Votes: 4,928 Participation: 73.50% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
13		 Ontario
11 December 1911
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 33952(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
58
LC
 2/2 2,330 47.48% -247 Winner:
LIB
 2,577 52.52% William E.N. Sinclair
Eligible: 6,668 Votes: 5,537 Participation: 83.04% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
14		 Ontario
29 June 1914
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 34063(F) — 29 Dec 2022 09:20 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
61
LC
 1/2 2,772 50.47% +52 Loser:
LIB
 2,720 49.53% William E.N. Sinclair

Service: 5 years 3 months 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 16,811 Votes: 12,459 Participation: 74.11% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
15		 Ontario
20 October 1919
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UFO  Minority
ID: 34196(F) — 17 Dec 2022 12:18 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
66
LC
 2/2 4,418 36.03% -3,425 Winner:
LIB
 7,843 63.97% William E.N. Sinclair

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Charles Calder		 20 Feb 2024
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Charles Calder		 20 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Charles Calder (politician)		 20 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 20 Feb 2024 13:40 (but data presented dynamically)

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