Canada's electoral history from 1867 to today
Base → People → Search & Find → Full profile → David Porter

♂ David Porter
aliasDavid Porter
Record
50280 · 11796

Irish-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 1 1 2
Birth 15 May 1850 → 173 years + 11 months ago
Lived 43 years + 2 months
First mandate 3 March 1891 → 133 years + 2 months ago
↳ at age 40 years + 9 months
Death 7 August 1893 → 130 years + 8 months ago
Died in office Yes
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 2 5 5 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
1 documented challenger
⊖ John George  m  (2 runoffs)
 
 
Eligible: 5,190 Votes: 3,676 Participation: 70.83% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
7		 Ontario
5 June 1890
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33230(F) — 7 Oct 2023 21:27 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
40
LIB
 2/2 1,818 49.77% -17 Winner:
LC
 1,835 50.23% John George
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
7		 Ontario
3 March 1891
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33712(F) — 7 Oct 2023 21:27 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
40
LIB
 1/2 2 66.67% +1 Loser:
LC
 1 33.33% John George
After his election:
7 Aug 1893 43
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Died in office
Service: 2 years 5 months 4 days (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
7		 Ontario
2 December 1893
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33720(F) — 22 Feb 2022 07:52 ET
—
 Deceased
Age
43		 Successor:
LIB
 Acclam. Daniel McNaughton

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
David Porter		 07 Oct 2023
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
David Porter		 07 Oct 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
David Porter		 07 Oct 2023
EN Wikipedia
David Porter (Canadian politician)		 07 Oct 2023

© 2019, 2024 :: PoliCan.ca (Maurice Y. Michaud)
Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  7 Oct 2023 21:27 (but data presented dynamically)

© 2019-2024 :: PoliCan.ca
Given that electoral results are by their very nature public information, such data that can be found in PoliCan are considered to be in the public domain. However, unless indicated otherwise, all other elements — the concept of consolidating these data into a single format, the detailed research on each election, legislature and candidate, the organization and searchability of the data, the programming allowing the entry and maintenance of the data, as well as the analyses and explanatory articles found in this website — are the intellectual property of Maurice Y. Michaud.