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♂ Michael McKnight
aliasMichael McKnight
Record
41904 · 12670

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 1 1 2
Birth c. 1872 → 152 years ago
Lived ± 81 years
First mandate 25 June 1923 → 100 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age ± 51 years
Death c. 1953 → 71 years ago
Exit → Death ± 26 years + 1 month after 30 November 1926
Special notes
Year of birth and death is an educated guess.
 

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 3 5 6 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
2 documented challengers
⊖ James C. Dance  m 
 		 ⊖ Edward B. Miller  m 
 
Eligible: 10,969 Votes: 6,732 Participation: 61.37% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
16		 Ontario
25 June 1923
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 34278(F) — 10 Oct 2023 21:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±51
LC
 1/3 2,968 44.34% +1,050 Loser:
LIB
 1,918 28.66% James C. Dance

Service: 3 years 5 months 5 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 10,436 Votes: 7,460 Participation: 71.48% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
17		 Ontario
1 December 1926
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 34401(F) — 10 Oct 2023 21:04 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
±54
LC
 2/2 3,304 44.49% -818 Winner:
LIB
 4,122 55.51% Edward B. Miller

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
Michael McKnight		 24 Oct 2023
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Michael McKnight		 24 Oct 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Michael McKnight		 24 Oct 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 24 Oct 2023 17:23 (but data presented dynamically)

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