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♂ Preston Elliott
aliasPreston Elliott
Record
18483 · 12197

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 2 3
Birth 1 May 1875 → 149 years ago
Lived 63 years + 8 months
First mandate 6 December 1921 → 102 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 46 years + 7 months
Death 12 January 1939 → 85 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 13 years + 2 months after 28 October 1925
Special notes
Member of the "Ginger Group" in the 1920s which led to the formation of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation in 1932.
 

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 3 10 22

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Arza C. Casselman  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Orren D. Casselman  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 11,231 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
14		 Ontario
6 December 1921
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 21596(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
46
PROG
 1/2 5,732 51.04% +233 Loser:
NLCP
 5,499 48.96% Orren D. Casselman

Service: 3 years 10 months 22 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 20,370 Votes: 13,396 Participation: 65.76% Candidacies: 2
Federal
15		 Ontario
29 October 1925
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 21876(F) — 27 Jun 2023 14:10 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
50		 Successor:
LC
 8,175 61.03% Arza C. Casselman
Eligible: 20,370 Votes: 12,844 Participation: 63.05% Candidacies: 2
Federal
16		 Ontario
14 September 1926
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22127(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to Parliament
Age
51
PROG
 2/2 4,744 36.94% -3,356 Winner:
LC
 8,100 63.06% Arza C. Casselman
Eligible: 22,044 Votes: 17,132 Participation: 77.72% Candidacies: 3
Federal
18		 Ontario
14 October 1935
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22673(F) — 5 Jul 2023 19:54 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to Parliament
Age
60
LIB
 2/3 6,581 38.41% -2,355 Winner:
LC
 8,936 52.16% Arza C. Casselman

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Preston Elliott		 03 Aug 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Preston Elliott		 03 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
Preston Elliott		 03 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  3 Aug 2023 23:34 (but data presented dynamically)

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