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♂ Nicholas Asmussen
aliasNicholas Asmussen
Record
1696 · 12645

German-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 2 1 3
Birth 14 April 1871 → 153 years ago
Lived 70 years + 7 months
First mandate 20 October 1919 → 104 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 48 years + 6 months
Death 7 December 1941 → 82 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 4 years + 2 months after 5 October 1937
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 6 11 20 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Charles H. Mills  m 
 		 ⊖ William G. Weichel  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 22,250 Votes: 16,009 Participation: 71.95% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
15		 Ontario
20 October 1919
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UFO  Minority
ID: 34236(F) — 17 Dec 2022 13:09 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
48
ILIB
 1/6 5,354 34.62% +2,141 Loser:
ILP
 3,213 20.78% George Haehnel

Service: 3 years 8 months 4 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 21,520 Votes: 10,928 Participation: 50.78% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
16		 Ontario
25 June 1923
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 34363(F) — 28 Dec 2022 22:16 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
52
LIB
 2/4 3,133 29.38% -2,237 Winner:
LC
 5,370 50.35% William G. Weichel
Eligible: 32,632 Votes: 22,474 Participation: 68.87% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
19		 Ontario
19 June 1934
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 34709(F) — 28 Dec 2022 08:04 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
63
LIB
 1/4 11,827 53.11% +6,241 Loser:
LC
 5,586 25.09% William G. Weichel

Service: 3 years 3 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 35,045 Votes: 21,734 Participation: 62.02% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
20		 Ontario
6 October 1937
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 34804(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
66		 Successor:
LIB
 13,466 62.64% Justus A. Smith

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Nicholas Asmussen		 26 Jul 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Nicholas Asmussen		 26 Jul 2023
EN Wikipedia
Nicholas Asmussen		 26 Jul 2023

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Rev.: 26 Jul 2023 15:48 (but data presented dynamically)

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