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♂ Samuel Bridgland
aliasSamuel Bridgland
Record
7184 · 12735

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 2 0 2
Birth 31 July 1847 → 176 years + 9 months ago
Lived 55 years + 9 months
First mandate 1 March 1898 → 126 years + 2 months ago
↳ at age 50 years + 7 months
Death 6 May 1903 → 120 years + 11 months ago
Died in office Yes
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 5 2 2 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
2 documented challengers
⊖ George E. Langford  m 
 		 ⊖ Arthur A. Mahaffy  m 
 
Eligible: 5,437 Votes: 3,825 Participation: 70.35% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
9		 Ontario
1 March 1898
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33457(F) — 30 Dec 2022 19:07 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
50
LIB
 1/2 1,938 50.97% +74 Loser:
LC
 1,864 49.03% George E. Langford

Service: 4 years 2 months 27 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,719 Votes: 4,126 Participation: 72.15% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
10		 Ontario
29 May 1902
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33550(F) — 29 Dec 2022 17:01 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
54
LIB
 1/2 2,089 51.05% +86 Loser:
LC
 2,003 48.95% Arthur A. Mahaffy
After his election:
6 May 1903 55
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Died in office
Service: 11 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
10		 Ontario
27 October 1903
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33765(F) — 23 Feb 2022 15:14 ET
—
 Deceased
Age
55		 Successor:
LC
 Acclam. Arthur A. Mahaffy

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Samuel Bridgland		 28 Jul 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Samuel Bridgland		 28 Jul 2023
EN Wikipedia
Samuel Bridgeland		 28 Jul 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 28 Jul 2023 20:08 (but data presented dynamically)

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