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♂ Donald Macnish
aliasDonald Macnish
Record
38471 · 12671

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 40%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
Ontario 2 2 4
Total 2 3 5
Birth 10 June 1841 → 182 years + 10 months ago
Lived 85 years + 9 months
First mandate 26 June 1894 → 129 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 53 years
Death 25 March 1927 → 97 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 27 years + 4 months after 21 November 1899
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 4 6 12 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Thomas W. Crothers  m 
⊖ Dugald McColl  m 
 		 ⊖ Findlay G. MacDiarmid  m  (3 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 6,943 Votes: 5,611 Participation: 80.82% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
8		 Ontario
26 June 1894
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33329(F) — 31 Dec 2022 09:42 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
53
LIPA
 1/2 2,851 51.55% +171 Loser:
LC
 2,680 48.45% Dugald McColl

Service: 3 years 8 months 2 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 7,942 Votes: 6,244 Participation: 78.62% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
9		 Ontario
1 March 1898
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33423(F) — 30 Dec 2022 18:48 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
56
LIB
 2/2 3,100 49.99% -1 Winner:
LC
 3,101 50.01% Findlay G. MacDiarmid
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
9		 Ontario
12 January 1899
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33743(F) — 22 Feb 2022 23:48 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
57
LIB
 1/2 2 66.67% +1 Loser:
LC
 1 33.33% Findlay G. MacDiarmid
After his election:
21 Nov 1899 58
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Election cancelled/Unseated
Service: 10 months 9 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
9		 Ontario
12 December 1899
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33750(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
58
LIB
 2/2 1 33.33% -1 Winner:
LC
 2 66.67% Findlay G. MacDiarmid
Eligible: inc. Votes: 6,361 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
12		 Ontario
21 September 1911
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 21081(F) — 23 Jan 2022 18:19 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
70
LIB
 2/2 2,732 42.95% -897 Winner:
CONS
 3,629 57.05% Thomas W. Crothers

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Donald Macnish		 27 Aug 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Donald Macnish		 27 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
Donald Macnish		 27 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 27 Aug 2023 12:20 (but data presented dynamically)

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