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♂ Ernest C. Drury
aliasErnest C. Drury
Record
17116 · 12167

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 14%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 4 4
Ontario 1 2 3
Total 1 6 7
Birth 22 January 1878 → 146 years + 3 months ago
Lived 90 years
First mandate 16 February 1920 → 104 years + 2 months ago
↳ at age 42 years
Death 17 February 1968 → 56 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 44 years + 7 months after 24 June 1923
Special notes
None
 

Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Charles A. Drury (1844–1905) Father  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Ontario 3 4 6 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. ON 15
UFO
 1 Premier 41–45 20 Oct 1919 — 24 Jun 1923 3 8 4
2. ON 15–16
UFO
 1 Party leader 41–45 01 Nov 1919 — 02 Jan 1924 4 2 1

Electoral history

Races 7  
Path points 7  
7 documented challengers
⊖ William A. Boys  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ George Hillmer  m 
⊖ Joseph Russell  m 
⊖ Thomas R. Whiteside  m 
 		 ⊖ John A. Currie  m 
⊖ Robert A. Pyne  m 
⊖ John T. Simpson  m 
 
Eligible: 23,636 Votes: 13,063 Participation: 55.27% Candidacies: 7
Provincial
12		 Ontario
8 June 1908
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 33866(F) — 16 Oct 2023 20:15 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
30
SOC
 7/7 188 3.13% -2,507 Winner:
LC
 2,695 44.89% Thomas R. Whiteside
Eligible: inc. Votes: 6,533 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
13		 Ontario
17 December 1917
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UNIO  Majority
ID: 21393(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
39
LL
 2/2 2,293 35.10% -1,947 Winner:
UNIO
 4,240 64.90% John A. Currie
Eligible: 14,189 Votes: 6,530 Participation: 46.02% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
15		 Ontario
16 February 1920
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UFO  Minority
ID: 34255(F) — 5 Nov 2022 20:29 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature (Party leader)
Age
42
UFO
 1/2 4,419 67.67% +2,308 Loser:
IND
 2,111 32.33% Edward Stephenson

Service: 3 years 4 months 8 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 16,759 Votes: 11,496 Participation: 68.60% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
16		 Ontario
25 June 1923
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 34290(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent → (Party leader)
Age
45
UFO
 2/3 4,470 39.16% -716 Winner:
LC
 5,186 45.43% George Hillmer
Eligible: 18,679 Votes: 13,180 Participation: 70.56% Candidacies: 2
Federal
15		 Ontario
29 October 1925
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 21921(F) — 27 Jun 2023 19:21 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
47
PROG
 2/2 6,295 47.76% -590 Winner:
LC
 6,885 52.24% William A. Boys
Eligible: 18,679 Votes: 13,923 Participation: 74.54% Candidacies: 2
Federal
16		 Ontario
14 September 1926
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22170(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
48
PROG
 2/2 6,865 49.31% -193 Winner:
LC
 7,058 50.69% William A. Boys
Eligible: 16,125 Votes: 13,754 Participation: 85.30% Candidacies: 2
Federal
17		 Ontario
28 July 1930
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 22444(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
52
PROG
 2/2 6,459 46.96% -836 Winner:
LC
 7,295 53.04% John T. Simpson

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Canadian Encyclopedia
Ernest Charles Drury		 04 Sep 2023
FR Encyclopédie canadienne
Drury, Ernest Charles		 04 Sep 2023
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Ernest Charles Drury		 04 Sep 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Ernest Charles Drury		 04 Sep 2023
EN Wikipedia
Ernest Charles Drury		 04 Sep 2023
FR Wikipédia
Ernest Charles Drury		 04 Sep 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  4 Sep 2023 16:13 (but data presented dynamically)

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