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♂ Amos A. Richardson
aliasAmos A. Richardson
Record
52475 · 12815

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 1 2 3
Birth 2 April 1851 → 173 years + 1 month ago
Lived 66 years + 4 months
First mandate 8 June 1908 → 115 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 57 years + 2 months
Death 13 August 1917 → 106 years + 8 months ago
Exit → Death 5 years + 8 months after 10 December 1911
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 3 6 1 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Edward W. Rathbun  m 
 		 ⊖ Samuel Russell  m 
 
Eligible: 4,761 Votes: 3,937 Participation: 82.69% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
10		 Ontario
29 May 1902
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33529(F) — 21 Oct 2023 14:17 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
51
LC
 2/2 1,926 49.54% -36 Winner:
LIB
 1,962 50.46% Samuel Russell
Eligible: 4,627 Votes: 3,994 Participation: 86.32% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
11		 Ontario
25 January 1905
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 33628(F) — 21 Oct 2023 14:17 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
53
LC
 2/2 1,853 46.58% -272 Winner:
ILIB
 2,125 53.42% Edward W. Rathbun
Eligible: 5,269 Votes: 3,578 Participation: 67.91% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
12		 Ontario
8 June 1908
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 33816(F) — 21 Oct 2023 14:17 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
57
LC
 1/2 2,201 61.76% +838 Loser:
LIB
 1,363 38.24% Daniel Poucher

Service: 3 years 6 months 2 days (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
13		 Ontario
11 December 1911
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 33922(F) — 30 Sep 2023 15:08 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
60		 Successor:
LC
 Acclam. Sandy Grant

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
Amos Augustus Richardson Sr.		 21 Oct 2023
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Amos Augustus Richardson		 21 Oct 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Amos Augustus Richardson		 21 Oct 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 21 Oct 2023 14:17 (but data presented dynamically)

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