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♂ Sydney C. Mewburn
aliasSydney C. Mewburn
Record
43151 · 12266

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 3 0 3
Birth 4 December 1863 → 160 years + 4 months ago
Lived 92 years + 8 months
First mandate 17 December 1917 → 106 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 54 years
Death 11 August 1956 → 67 years + 8 months ago
Exit → Death 29 years + 10 months after 13 September 1926
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 8 8 24

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 12–13
UNIO
 1 Minister 53–56 12 Oct 1917 — 15 Jan 1920 2 3 3
 1. Militia and Defence

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
3 documented challengers
⊖ George G. Halcrow  m 
⊖ John Newlands  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Samuel Lawrence  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 15,928 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
13		 Ontario
17 December 1917
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UNIO  Majority
ID: 21350(F) — 17 Nov 2023 23:41 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
54
UNIO
 1/2 11,340 71.20% +6,752 Loser:
OLAB
 4,588 28.80% George G. Halcrow

Service: 3 years 11 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 15,085 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
14		 Ontario
6 December 1921
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 21610(F) — 5 Jul 2023 17:48 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
58
NLCP
 1/4 6,320 41.90% +1,496 Loser:
PROG
 4,824 31.98% Edward J. Etherington
After his election:
16 Mar 1922 58
NLCP
 →
LC
 Changed allegiance (remained in opposition)
Service: 3 years 10 months 22 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 35,222 Votes: 20,160 Participation: 57.24% Candidacies: 3
Federal
15		 Ontario
29 October 1925
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
 LC  29 Jun 1926
ID: 21881(F) — 27 Jun 2023 14:17 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
61
LC
 1/3 15,669 77.72% +13,383 Loser:
LAB
 2,286 11.34% Samuel Lawrence
After his election:
29 Jun 1926 62
LIB
 →
LC
 Change of government (became part of government)
Service: 10 months 15 days (Oppo. & Gov't)
Eligible: 35,222 Votes: 17,921 Participation: 50.88% Candidacies: 2
Federal
16		 Ontario
14 September 1926
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22132(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
62		 Successor:
LC
 13,444 75.02% George S. Rennie

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Sydney Chilton Mewburn, P.C., M.P.		 02 Sep 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Sydney Chilton Mewburn, C.P., député		 02 Sep 2023
EN Wikipedia
Sydney Chilton Mewburn		 02 Sep 2023
FR Wikipédia
Sydney Chilton Mewburn		 02 Sep 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  2 Sep 2023 18:36 (but data presented dynamically)

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