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♂ Thomas Deacon
aliasThomas Deacon
Record
14954 · 11918

Protestant   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 2 2 4
Birth 7 November 1832 → 191 years + 5 months ago
Lived 78 years + 4 months
First mandate 21 March 1871 → 153 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age 38 years + 4 months
Death 18 March 1911 → 113 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 31 years + 9 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 8 2 13 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Thomas Murray  m  (3 runoffs)
 
 
Eligible: 1,518 Votes: 1,128 Participation: 74.31% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
2		 Ontario
21 March 1871
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Minority
 LIB  18 Dec 1871
ID: 32745(F) — 22 Jul 2023 23:45 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
38
LC
 1/2 640 56.74% +152 Loser:
LIB
 488 43.26% Thomas Murray
After his election:
18 Dec 1871 39
LC
 →
LIB
 Change of government (became part of opposition)
Service: 3 years 9 months 27 days (Gov't & Oppo.)
Eligible: 2,181 Votes: 1,673 Participation: 76.71% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
3		 Ontario
18 January 1875
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32827(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
42
LC
 1/2 894 53.44% +115 Loser:
LIB
 779 46.56% T.W. Moffat

Service: 4 years 4 months 17 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 2,814 Votes: 2,028 Participation: 72.07% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
4		 Ontario
5 June 1879
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32921(F) — 21 Feb 2022 20:19 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
46
LC
 2/2 962 47.44% -104 Winner:
LIB
 1,066 52.56% Thomas Murray
Eligible: 2,892 Votes: 2,065 Participation: 71.40% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
5		 Ontario
27 February 1883
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33009(F) — 31 Dec 2022 16:35 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
50
LC
 2/2 940 45.90% -168 Winner:
LIB
 1,108 54.10% Thomas Murray

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Thomas Deacon		 05 Aug 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Thomas Deacon		 05 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
Thomas Deacon (politician)		 05 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  5 Aug 2023 12:52 (but data presented dynamically)

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