Canada's electoral history from 1867 to today
Base → People → Search & Find → Full profile → Mitchell F. Hepburn

♂ Mitchell F. Hepburn
aliasMitchell F. Hepburn
Record
27154 · 12088

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 83%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 2 0 2
Ontario 3 1 4
Total 5 1 6
Birth 12 August 1896 → 127 years + 8 months ago
Lived 56 years + 4 months
First mandate 14 September 1926 → 97 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 30 years + 1 month
Death 4 January 1953 → 71 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 7 years + 7 months after 3 June 1945
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 7 8 22
Ontario 10 11 12 Z
TOTAL 18 8 5

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. ON 18–20
LIB
 1 Party leader 34–46 17 Dec 1930 — 20 Oct 1942 11 10 3
2. ON 19–20
LIB
 1 Premier 37–46 19 Jun 1934 — 20 Oct 1942 8 4 1
3. ON 21
LIB
 2 ✓ Party leader 48 10 Dec 1944 — 01 Apr 1945 0 3 22
4. ON 21–22
LIB
 3 Party leader 48 02 Apr 1945 — 03 Jul 1945 0 3 1

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 7  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Herbert J. Davis  m 
⊖ Fletcher S.P. Thomas  m 
 		 ⊖ Hugh C. McKillop  m 
 
Eligible: 23,608 Votes: 15,662 Participation: 66.34% Candidacies: 2
Federal
16		 Ontario
14 September 1926
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22120(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
30
LIB
 1/2 7,920 50.57% +178 Loser:
LC
 7,742 49.43% Hugh C. McKillop

Service: 3 years 10 months 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 21,896 Votes: 18,603 Participation: 84.96% Candidacies: 2
Federal
17		 Ontario
28 July 1930
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 22394(F) — 25 Jan 2022 19:44 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
33
LIB
 1/2 10,020 53.86% +1,437 Loser:
LC
 8,583 46.14% Jonathan Dowler
After his election:
8 Jun 1934 37
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran provincially
Service: 3 years 10 months 11 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 25,790 Votes: 21,181 Participation: 82.13% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
19		 Ontario
19 June 1934
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 34647(F) — 28 Dec 2022 07:35 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature (Party leader)
Age
37
LIB
 1/2 11,922 56.58% +2,772 Loser:
LC
 9,150 43.42% Herbert J. Davis

Service: 3 years 3 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 21,896 Votes: 16,903 Participation: 77.20% Candidacies: 3
Federal
17		 Ontario
24 September 1934
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 22582(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
38		 Successor:
LIB
 9,617 56.90% Wilson H. Mills
Eligible: 25,531 Votes: 19,934 Participation: 78.08% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
20		 Ontario
6 October 1937
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 34742(F) — 27 Dec 2022 21:00 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
41
LIB
 1/3 12,361 62.53% +5,308 Loser:
LC
 7,053 35.68% Norman R. Martin

Service: 5 years 9 months 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 23,955 Votes: 13,634 Participation: 56.92% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
21		 Ontario
4 August 1943
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 34841(F) — 23 Dec 2022 12:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
46
ILIB
 1/3 6,879 50.66% +2,605 Loser:
PC
 4,274 31.48% John Handford

Service: 1 year 9 months 30 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 26,060 Votes: 19,769 Participation: 75.86% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
22		 Ontario
4 June 1945
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 34932(F) — 23 Dec 2022 18:38 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent → (Party leader)
Age
48
LIB
 2/3 7,876 40.07% -2,402 Winner:
PC
 10,278 52.29% Fletcher S.P. Thomas

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Mitchell Frederick Hepburn		 08 Oct 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Mitchell Frederick Hepburn		 08 Oct 2023
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Mitchell Frederick Hepburn		 08 Oct 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Mitchell Frederick Hepburn		 08 Oct 2023
EN Wikipedia
Mitchell Hepburn		 08 Oct 2023
FR Wikipédia
Mitchell Hepburn		 08 Oct 2023

© 2019, 2024 :: PoliCan.ca (Maurice Y. Michaud)
Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  8 Oct 2023 13:47 (but data presented dynamically)

© 2019-2024 :: PoliCan.ca
Given that electoral results are by their very nature public information, such data that can be found in PoliCan are considered to be in the public domain. However, unless indicated otherwise, all other elements — the concept of consolidating these data into a single format, the detailed research on each election, legislature and candidate, the organization and searchability of the data, the programming allowing the entry and maintenance of the data, as well as the analyses and explanatory articles found in this website — are the intellectual property of Maurice Y. Michaud.