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♂ George Gordon
aliasGeorge Gordon
Record
23685 · 11978

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 2 1 3
Birth 2 May 1865 → 159 years ago
Lived 76 years + 9 months
First mandate 26 October 1908 → 115 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 43 years + 5 months
Death 3 February 1942 → 82 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 30 years + 3 months after 25 October 1911
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
Canada 2 11 27

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Charles A. McCool  m  (2 runoffs)
 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 5,365 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
10		 Ontario
3 November 1904
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20623(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
39
CONS
 2/2 2,559 48.23% -188 Winner:
LIB
 2,747 51.77% Charles A. McCool
Eligible: 20,261 Votes: 8,710 Participation: 42.99% Candidacies: 2
Federal
11		 Ontario
26 October 1908
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20886(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
43
CONS
 1/2 4,301 50.12% +21 Loser:
LIB
 4,280 49.88% Charles A. McCool

Service: 2 years 10 months 25 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 11,199 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
12		 Ontario
21 September 1911
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 21114(F) — 23 Jan 2022 18:31 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
46
CONS
 1/2 5,872 52.43% +545 Loser:
LIB
 5,327 47.57% Alfred J. Young
After his election:
25 Oct 1911 46
CONS
 →
Vac.
 To vacate the seat for someone else
Service: 1 month 4 days (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
12		 Ontario
8 November 1911
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 21247(F) — 1 Jul 2023 14:00 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
46		 Successor:
CONS
 Acclam. Francis Cochrane

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. George Gordon, M.P., Senator		 09 Aug 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. George Gordon, député, sénateur		 09 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
George Gordon (Canadian politician)		 09 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  9 Aug 2023 16:23 (but data presented dynamically)

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