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♂ Alexander Clark Murray
aliasAlexander Clark Murray
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 1 2
Birth 24 July 1900 → 123 years + 9 months ago
Lived 83 years + 4 months
First mandate 27 June 1949 → 74 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 48 years + 11 months
Death 28 November 1983 → 40 years + 5 months ago
Exit → Death 30 years + 3 months after 9 August 1953
Special notes
None
 
Alexander Clark Murray (1900–1983)
© Photo 1949 Arthur Roy — Public domain
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 4 1 12

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Kenneth R. Daniel  m 
 		 ⊖ Wallace B. Nesbitt  m 
 
Eligible: 34,524 Votes: 26,281 Participation: 76.12% Candidacies: 3
Federal
21		 Ontario
27 June 1949
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23504(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
48
LIB
 1/3 12,581 48.28% +790 Loser:
PC
 11,791 45.25% Kenneth R. Daniel

Service: 4 years 1 month 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 35,547 Votes: 25,611 Participation: 72.05% Candidacies: 2
Federal
22		 Ontario
10 August 1953
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23804(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
53
LIB
 2/2 12,654 49.92% -39 Winner:
PC
 12,693 50.08% Wallace B. Nesbitt

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Alexander Clark Murray, M.P.		 29 Mar 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Alexander Clark Murray, député		 29 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Clark Murray (politician)		 29 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 29 Mar 2024 14:08 (but data presented dynamically)

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