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♂ Eric Harrington
aliasEric Harrington
Record
26121 · 11919

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 1 1 2
Birth 6 June 1820 → 203 years + 10 months ago
Lived 78 years + 2 months
First mandate 21 March 1871 → 153 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age 50 years + 9 months
Death 4 September 1898 → 125 years + 7 months ago
Exit → Death 23 years + 7 months 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 3  
1 documented challenger
⊖ James Bonfield  m 
 
 
Eligible: 1,179 Votes: 706 Participation: 59.88% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
2		 Ontario
21 March 1871
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Minority
 LIB  18 Dec 1871
ID: 32746(F) — 22 Jul 2023 23:49 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
50
LC
 1/2 448 63.46% +190 Loser:
LIB
 258 36.54% ? Stewart
After his election:
18 Dec 1871 51
LC
 →
LIB
 Change of government (became part of opposition)
Service: 3 years 9 months 27 days (Gov't & Oppo.)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
3		 Ontario
18 January 1875
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32828(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
54		 Successor:
LIB
 Acclam. James Bonfield
Eligible: 2,277 Votes: 1,542 Participation: 67.72% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
4		 Ontario
5 June 1879
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32922(F) — 28 Jul 2023 13:09 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
58
LC
 2/2 705 45.72% -132 Winner:
LIB
 837 54.28% James Bonfield

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Eric Harrington		 12 Aug 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Eric Harrington		 12 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
Eric Harrington		 12 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 12 Aug 2023 14:39 (but data presented dynamically)

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