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♂ George Spotton
aliasGeorge Spotton
Record
58282 · 12066

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 40%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 2 3 5
Birth 23 March 1877 → 147 years + 1 month ago
Lived 59 years
First mandate 12 September 1927 → 96 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 50 years + 5 months
Death 20 April 1936 → 88 years ago
Exit → Death 6 months + 7 days after 13 October 1935
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 8 0 30

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Robert J. Deachman  m 
⊖ John W. King  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Archibald Hislop  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 11,726 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
14		 Ontario
6 December 1921
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 21614(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
44
NLCP
 2/3 4,057 34.60% -1,186 Winner:
PROG
 5,243 44.71% John W. King
Eligible: 14,815 Votes: 10,510 Participation: 70.94% Candidacies: 2
Federal
15		 Ontario
29 October 1925
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 21885(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
48
LC
 2/2 5,170 49.19% -170 Winner:
PROG
 5,340 50.81% John W. King
Eligible: 14,815 Votes: 11,675 Participation: 78.81% Candidacies: 3
Federal
16		 Ontario
12 September 1927
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 22301(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
50
LC
 1/3 4,595 39.36% +188 Loser:
LIB
 4,407 37.75% Archibald Hislop

Service: 2 years 10 months 15 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 14,488 Votes: 12,087 Participation: 83.43% Candidacies: 2
Federal
17		 Ontario
28 July 1930
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 22410(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
LC
 1/2 6,160 50.96% +233 Loser:
LIB
 5,927 49.04% William H. Robertson

Service: 5 years 2 months 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 17,897 Votes: 14,005 Participation: 78.25% Candidacies: 3
Federal
18		 Ontario
14 October 1935
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22682(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
58
LC
 2/3 5,925 42.31% -583 Winner:
LIB
 6,508 46.47% Robert J. Deachman

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
George Spotton, M.P.		 23 Oct 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
George Spotton, député		 23 Oct 2023
EN Wikipedia
George Spotton		 23 Oct 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 23 Oct 2023 20:33 (but data presented dynamically)

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