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♂ Gilbert W. Ostrom
aliasGilbert W. Ostrom
Record
47383 · 11848

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 1 2 3
Birth c. June 1837 → 186 years + 11 months ago
Lived ± 80 years
First mandate 28 December 1886 → 137 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age ± 49 years
Death 19 December 1917 → 106 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 27 years + 6 months after 4 June 1890
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 3 5 6 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
3 documented challengers
⊖ William H. Biggar  m 
⊖ Ephraim G. Sills  m 
 		 ⊖ George H. Boulter  m 
 
Eligible: 1,700 Votes: 702 Participation: 41.29% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
2		 Ontario
21 March 1871
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Minority
ID: 32710(F) — 22 Jul 2023 18:06 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
±33
LIB
 2/2 98 13.96% -506 Winner:
LC
 604 86.04% George H. Boulter
Eligible: 5,085 Votes: 3,280 Participation: 64.50% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
6		 Ontario
28 December 1886
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33161(F) — 31 Dec 2022 14:40 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±49
LC
 1/2 1,681 51.83% +119 Loser:
LIB
 1,562 48.17% Ephraim G. Sills

Service: 3 years 5 months 7 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 5,047 Votes: 3,251 Participation: 64.41% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
7		 Ontario
5 June 1890
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33254(F) — 31 Dec 2022 12:18 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
±53
LC
 2/2 1,542 47.89% -136 Winner:
LIB
 1,678 52.11% William H. Biggar

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Gilbert Wellington Ostrom		 03 Sep 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Gilbert Wellington Ostrom		 03 Sep 2023
EN Wikipedia
Gilbert Wellington Ostrom		 03 Sep 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  3 Sep 2023 14:49 (but data presented dynamically)

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