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♂ Sylvester Neelon
aliasSylvester Neelon
Record
45823 · 11867

Anglican   
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 7 January 1825 → 199 years + 3 months ago
Lived 72 years + 11 months
First mandate 18 January 1875 → 149 years + 3 months ago
↳ at age 50 years
Death 31 December 1897 → 126 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 11 years + 4 days 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 8 0 2 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
2 documented challengers
⊖ William Gibson  m 
 		 ⊖ John C. Rykert  m 
 
Eligible: 5,341 Votes: 4,019 Participation: 75.25% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
3		 Ontario
18 January 1875
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32804(F) — 22 Jan 2022 14:14 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
50
LIB
 1/2 2,065 51.38% +111 Loser:
LC
 1,954 48.62% John C. Rykert
After his election:
30 Jun 1875 50
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Election cancelled/Unseated
Service: 5 months 12 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,410 Votes: 4,375 Participation: 68.25% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
4		 Ontario
5 June 1879
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32898(F) — 22 Jan 2022 14:18 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
54
LIB
 1/2 2,222 50.79% +69 Loser:
LC
 2,153 49.21% ? McCarthy

Service: 3 years 8 months 21 days (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
5		 Ontario
27 February 1883
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32986(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
58
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 3 years 10 months (Gov't)
Eligible: 7,092 Votes: 4,509 Participation: 63.58% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
6		 Ontario
28 December 1886
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33175(F) — 31 Dec 2022 14:46 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
61		 Successor:
LIB
 2,242 50.17% William C.W. Garson
Eligible: inc. Votes: 4,376 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
7		 Ontario
5 March 1891
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19825(F) — 22 Jan 2022 13:33 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
66
LIB
 2/2 2,164 49.45% -48 Winner:
LIB
 2,212 50.55% William Gibson

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Neelon, Sylvester		 04 Sep 2023
FR Dictionnaire biographique du Canada
Neelon, Sylvester		 04 Sep 2023
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Sylvester Neelon		 04 Sep 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Sylvester Neelon		 04 Sep 2023
EN Wikipedia
Sylvester Neelon		 04 Sep 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  4 Sep 2023 11:30 (but data presented dynamically)

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