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♂ David A. Gordon
aliasDavid A. Gordon
Record
23670 · 12139

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 3 1 4
Birth 18 January 1858 → 166 years + 3 months ago
Lived 61 years + 1 month
First mandate 3 November 1904 → 119 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 46 years + 9 months
Death 9 March 1919 → 105 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 1 year + 2 months after 16 December 1917
Special notes
None
 

Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Arthur S. Gordon (1894–1953) Son  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 13 1 10

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
1 documented challenger
⊖ James Clancy  m 
 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 4,977 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
9		 Ontario
7 November 1900
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20327(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
42
LIB
 2/2 2,430 48.82% -117 Winner:
CONS
 2,547 51.18% James Clancy
Eligible: 7,581 Votes: 5,353 Participation: 70.61% Candidacies: 2
Federal
10		 Ontario
3 November 1904
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20602(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
46
LIB
 1/2 2,848 53.49% +372 Loser:
CONS
 2,476 46.51% Benjamin W. Wilson

Service: 3 years 11 months 22 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 7,356 Votes: 5,326 Participation: 72.40% Candidacies: 2
Federal
11		 Ontario
26 October 1908
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20871(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
LIB
 1/2 2,895 54.64% +492 Loser:
CONS
 2,403 45.36% Samuel Stewart

Service: 2 years 10 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 4,925 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
12		 Ontario
21 September 1911
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 21099(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
LIB
 1/2 2,604 52.87% +283 Loser:
CONS
 2,321 47.13% Harry J. French

Service: 6 years 2 months 25 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 13,715 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
13		 Ontario
17 December 1917
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UNIO  Majority
ID: 21357(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
59		 Successor:
LL
 7,402 53.97% Archibald B. McCoig

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
David Alexander Gordon		 09 Aug 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
David Alexander Gordon		 09 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
David Alexander Gordon		 09 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  9 Aug 2023 12:12 (but data presented dynamically)

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