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♂ Edward W.J. Owens
aliasEdward W.J. Owens
Record
47538 · 12628

Irish-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 3 1 4
Birth 15 October 1860 → 163 years + 6 months ago
Lived 68 years
First mandate 11 December 1911 → 112 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 51 years + 1 month
Death 11 November 1928 → 95 years + 5 months ago
Exit → Death 1 year + 11 months after 30 November 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
Ontario 11 3 12 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
2 documented challengers
⊖ George H. Gooderham  m 
 		 ⊖ Henry C. Scholfield  m 
 
Eligible: 11,465 Votes: 7,048 Participation: 30.61% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
13		 Ontario
11 December 1911
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 33981(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
51
LC
 2/4 2,594 77.20% +1,824 Loser:
LAB
 770 22.92% W.R. James

Service: 2 years 6 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 11,477 Votes: 6,192 Participation: 53.95% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
14		 Ontario
29 June 1914
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 34092(F) — 29 Dec 2022 11:12 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
LC
 1/2 4,296 75.16% +2,876 Loser:
LIB
 1,420 24.84% John C. Allen

Service: 5 years 3 months 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 19,840 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
15		 Ontario
20 October 1919
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UFO  Minority
ID: 34230(F) — 17 Dec 2022 13:03 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
59		 Successor:
LIB
 10,037 60.64% John O'Neill
Eligible: inc. Votes: 9,356 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
16		 Ontario
25 June 1923
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 34358(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
62
LC
 1/3 7,216 77.13% +5,986 Loser:
LIB
 1,230 13.15% John Callahan

Service: 3 years 5 months 5 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 21,121 Votes: 14,071 Participation: 66.62% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
17		 Ontario
1 December 1926
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 34482(F) — 28 Dec 2022 11:42 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
66
LC
 5/5 717 5.14% -7,148 Winner:
LC
 7,865 56.34% Henry C. Scholfield

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Edward William James Owens		 04 Sep 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Edward William James Owens		 04 Sep 2023
EN Wikipedia
Edward William James Owens		 04 Sep 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  4 Sep 2023 09:00 (but data presented dynamically)

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