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♂ Richard Richardson
aliasRichard Richardson
Record
52527 · 11881

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 1 0 1
Birth 23 June 1820 → 203 years + 10 months ago
Lived 64 years + 6 months
First mandate 18 January 1875 → 149 years + 3 months ago
↳ at age 54 years + 6 months
Death 8 January 1885 → 139 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 5 years + 7 months after 4 June 1879
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 4 4 15 Z

Electoral history

Race 1  
Path points 2  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Simpson G. McCall  m 
 
 
Eligible: 3,429 Votes: 2,219 Participation: 64.71% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
3		 Ontario
18 January 1875
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32812(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
54
LC
 1/2 1,293 58.27% +367 Loser:
IND
 926 41.73% Simpson G. McCall

Service: 4 years 4 months 17 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 3,610 Votes: 2,752 Participation: 76.23% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
4		 Ontario
5 June 1879
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32906(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
58		 Successor:
LC
 1,386 50.36% William Morgan

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Richard Richardson		 21 Oct 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Richard Richardson		 21 Oct 2023
EN Wikipedia
Richard Richardson (Canadian politician)		 21 Oct 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 21 Oct 2023 14:33 (but data presented dynamically)

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