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♂ Abraham Farewell
aliasAbraham Farewell
Record
19214 · 11890

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 1 1 2
Birth 21 December 1812 → 211 years + 4 months ago
Lived 75 years + 1 month
First mandate 21 March 1871 → 153 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age 58 years + 3 months
Death 8 February 1888 → 136 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 13 years + 22 days after 17 January 1875
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 9 28 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Nicholas W. Brown  m 
 		 ⊖ William McGill  m 
 
Eligible: 3,437 Votes: 2,262 Participation: 65.81% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
2		 Ontario
21 March 1871
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Minority
 LIB  18 Dec 1871
ID: 32734(F) — 22 Jul 2023 21:41 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
58
LIB
 1/2 1,180 52.17% +98 Loser:
LC
 1,082 47.83% William McGill
After his election:
18 Dec 1871 58
LC
 →
LIB
 Change of government (became part of government)
Service: 3 years 9 months 27 days (Oppo. & Gov't)
Eligible: 4,382 Votes: 3,195 Participation: 72.91% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
3		 Ontario
18 January 1875
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32816(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
62
LIB
 2/2 1,581 49.48% -33 Winner:
LC
 1,614 50.52% Nicholas W. Brown

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Abraham Farewell		 06 Aug 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Abraham Farewell		 06 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
Abram Farewell		 06 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  6 Aug 2023 11:14 (but data presented dynamically)

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