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♂ E. Frederick Singer
aliasE. Frederick Singer
Record
57028 · 12680

☆   Judaism   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 1 1 2
Birth 19 July 1889 → 134 years + 9 months ago
Lived 62 years + 5 months
First mandate 30 October 1929 → 94 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 40 years + 3 months
Death 10 January 1952 → 72 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 17 years + 6 months after 18 June 1934
Special notes
None
 
E. Frederick Singer (1889–1952)
© Photo UJA Federation of Greater Toronto — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
Singer, an Ontario Liberal-Conservative, became the first Jewish person to sit in the legislative assembly when he was elected in 1929 in Toronto St Andrews.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Ontario 4 7 18 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
1 documented challenger
⊖ John J. Glass  m  (2 runoffs)
 
 
Eligible: 14,626 Votes: 5,515 Participation: 37.71% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
18		 Ontario
30 October 1929
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 34596(F) — 27 Nov 2022 23:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
40
LC
 1/2 3,436 63.64% +1,473 Loser:
LIB
 1,963 36.36% John J. Glass

Service: 4 years 7 months 19 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 22,013 Votes: 14,653 Participation: 66.57% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
19		 Ontario
19 June 1934
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 34701(F) — 28 Dec 2022 08:22 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
44
LC
 2/5 4,684 32.64% -1,371 Winner:
LIB
 6,055 42.20% John J. Glass

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Ephraim Frederick Singer		 02 Feb 2024
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Ephraim Frederick Singer		 02 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Ephraim Frederick Singer		 02 Feb 2024

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