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♂ George A. Gillespie
aliasGeorge A. Gillespie
Record
23026 · 12862

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 25%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 1 3 4
Birth 17 December 1872 → 151 years + 4 months ago
Lived 84 years
First mandate 29 June 1914 → 109 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 41 years + 6 months
Death 21 December 1956 → 67 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 37 years + 2 months after 19 October 1919
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 3 20 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Thomas E. Bradburn  m 
⊖ Thomas Tooms  m 
 		 ⊖ William H. Bradburn  m 
 
Eligible: 6,761 Votes: 4,725 Participation: 69.89% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
12		 Ontario
8 June 1908
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 33854(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
35
LIB
 2/2 2,133 45.44% -428 Winner:
LC
 2,561 54.56% Thomas E. Bradburn
Eligible: 6,175 Votes: 5,051 Participation: 81.80% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
14		 Ontario
29 June 1914
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 34073(F) — 29 Dec 2022 09:36 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
41
LIB
 1/2 2,587 51.69% +169 Loser:
LC
 2,418 48.31% Robert J. Soden

Service: 5 years 3 months 20 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 15,781 Votes: 11,717 Participation: 74.25% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
15		 Ontario
20 October 1919
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UFO  Minority
ID: 34207(F) — 23 Jul 2023 11:17 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
46
LIB
 2/3 4,047 35.49% -685 Winner:
ILP
 4,732 41.49% Thomas Tooms
Eligible: 15,402 Votes: 11,223 Participation: 72.87% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
17		 Ontario
1 December 1926
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 34456(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
53
LIB
 2/2 4,760 42.67% -1,636 Winner:
LC
 6,396 57.33% William H. Bradburn

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
George Alex Gillespie		 08 Aug 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
George Alex Gillespie		 08 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
George Alexander Gillespie		 08 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  8 Aug 2023 22:59 (but data presented dynamically)

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