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♂ Henry S. Merrick
aliasHenry S. Merrick
Record
43057 · 11863

Protestant   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 4 0 4
Birth c. 1837 → 187 years ago
Lived ± 90 years
First mandate 21 March 1871 → 153 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age ± 34 years
Death 9 August 1927 → 96 years + 8 months ago
Exit → Death 40 years + 7 months after 27 December 1886
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 15 9 4 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Francis Jones  m 
 		 ⊖ Henry D. Smith  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 2,248 Votes: 1,185 Participation: 52.71% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
2		 Ontario
21 March 1871
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Minority
 LIB  18 Dec 1871
ID: 32719(F) — 22 Jul 2023 19:34 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±34
LC
 1/2 723 61.01% +261 Loser:
LIB
 462 38.99% Henry D. Smith
After his election:
18 Dec 1871 ±34
LC
 →
LIB
 Change of government (became part of opposition)
Service: 3 years 9 months 27 days (Gov't & Oppo.)
Eligible: 2,523 Votes: 1,681 Participation: 66.63% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
3		 Ontario
18 January 1875
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32801(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±38
LC
 1/2 1,035 61.57% +389 Loser:
IND
 646 38.43% Henry D. Smith

Service: 4 years 4 months 17 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 2,806 Votes: 1,821 Participation: 64.90% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
4		 Ontario
5 June 1879
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32895(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±42
LC
 1/2 1,084 59.53% +347 Loser:
LIB
 737 40.47% ? Meikle

Service: 3 years 8 months 21 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 2,785 Votes: 1,676 Participation: 60.18% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
5		 Ontario
27 February 1883
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32983(F) — 31 Dec 2022 16:15 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±46
LC
 1/3 837 49.94% +1 Loser:
LIB
 836 49.88% Francis Jones

Service: 3 years 10 months (Oppo.)
Eligible: 5,437 Votes: 3,460 Participation: 63.64% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
6		 Ontario
28 December 1886
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33152(F) — 7 Aug 2023 15:25 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
±49		 Successor:
LC
 1,978 57.84% Frederick J. French

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
Henry S Merrick		 02 Sep 2023
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Henry Merrick		 02 Sep 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Henry Merrick		 02 Sep 2023
EN Wikipedia
Henry Merrick		 02 Sep 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  2 Sep 2023 16:19 (but data presented dynamically)

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