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♂ Wesley A. Gordon
aliasWesley A. Gordon
Record
23718 · 12082

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 2 1 3
Birth 11 February 1884 → 140 years + 2 months ago
Lived 58 years + 11 months
First mandate 28 July 1930 → 93 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 46 years + 5 months
Death 9 February 1943 → 81 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 7 years + 3 months 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 5 1 27

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 17
LC
 1 Minister 46–47 07 Aug 1930 — 02 Feb 1932 1 5 26
2. CA 17
LC
 1 Minister 46–51 07 Aug 1930 — 22 Oct 1935 5 2 15
3. CA 17
LC
 2 ✓ Minister 47–51 03 Feb 1932 — 22 Oct 1935 3 8 19
4. CA 17
LC
 1 Minister 47–51 03 Feb 1932 — 22 Oct 1935 3 8 19
 1. Immigration and Colonization
 2. Mines
 3. Immigration and Colonization [Int]
 4. Labour

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Malcolm Lang  m 
 		 ⊖ Walter Little  m 
 
Eligible: 21,892 Votes: 15,924 Participation: 72.74% Candidacies: 2
Federal
17		 Ontario
28 July 1930
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 22447(F) — 29 Aug 2022 18:20 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
46
LC
 1/2 8,729 54.82% +1,534 Loser:
LLAB
 7,195 45.18% Malcolm Lang
After his election:
6 Aug 1930 46
LC
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran in a ministerial by-election
Service: 9 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 21,892 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
17		 Ontario
25 August 1930
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 22563(F) — 11 Oct 2022 21:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
46
LC
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 5 years 1 month 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 23,306 Votes: 15,714 Participation: 67.42% Candidacies: 4
Federal
18		 Ontario
14 October 1935
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22718(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
51
LC
 2/4 5,456 34.72% -449 Winner:
LIB
 5,905 37.58% Walter Little

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Wesley Ashton Gordon, P.C.		 09 Aug 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Wesley Ashton Gordon, C.P.		 09 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
Wesley Ashton Gordon		 09 Aug 2023
FR Wikipédia
Wesley Ashton Gordon		 09 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  9 Aug 2023 16:31 (but data presented dynamically)

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