Canada's electoral history from 1867 to today

Thomas Blezard
aliasThomas Blezard
Record
5404 · 11912

Type of record
Elected candidate
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate
Deceased Performance: 100%
 
Ontario 6 0 6
Birth 24 November 1838 → 185 years + 5 months ago
Lived 63 years + 4 months
First mandate 5 June 1879 → 144 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 40 years + 6 months
Death 19 April 1902 → 122 years ago
Died in office Yes
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 22 10 8 Z

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 7  
1 documented challenger
George Read  m 
 

 
Eligible: 3,099 Votes: 2,026 Participation: 65.38% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
4
Ontario
5 June 1879
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32917(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
→ New to this legislature
Age
40
LIB
1/2 1,078 53.21% +130 Loser:
LC
948 46.79% W.H. Calcutt

Service:
3 years 8 months 21 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,028 Votes: 2,151 Participation: 71.04% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
5
Ontario
27 February 1883
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33005(F) — 31 Dec 2022 16:33 ET
Re-elected incumbent
Age
44
LIB
1/2 1,265 59.11% +390 Loser:
LC
875 40.89% George Read

Service:
3 years 10 months (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,808 Votes: 2,570 Participation: 67.49% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
6
Ontario
28 December 1886
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33194(F) — 31 Dec 2022 14:56 ET
Re-elected incumbent
Age
48
LIB
1/3 1,438 56.15% +340 Loser:
LC
1,098 42.87% W.H. Stephenson

Service:
3 years 5 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,939 Votes: 2,773 Participation: 70.40% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
7
Ontario
5 June 1890
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33287(F) — 31 Dec 2022 13:02 ET
Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
LIB
1/2 1,421 51.43% +79 Loser:
CER
1,342 48.57% R.R. Kidd

Service:
4 years 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,461 Votes: 2,785 Participation: 62.43% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
8
Ontario
26 June 1894
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33377(F) — 31 Dec 2022 10:05 ET
Re-elected incumbent
Age
55
LIB
1/2 1,621 58.37% +465 Loser:
LC
1,156 41.63% John Lancaster

Service:
3 years 8 months 2 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,727 Votes: 3,335 Participation: 70.55% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
9
Ontario
1 March 1898
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33472(F) — 30 Dec 2022 19:18 ET
Re-elected incumbent
Age
59
LIB
1/2 1,771 53.25% +216 Loser:
LC
1,555 46.75% S.P. Ford
After his election:
19 Apr 1902 63
LIB
Vac.
Died in office
Service: 4 years 1 month 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,855 Votes: 3,693 Participation: 76.07% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
10
Ontario
29 May 1902
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33565(F) — 29 Aug 2023 20:17 ET
Deceased
Age
63
Successor:
LIB
2,067 56.00% William A. Anderson

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Thomas Blezard
28 Jul 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Thomas Blezard
28 Jul 2023
EN Wikipedia
Thomas Blezard
28 Jul 2023


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