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♂ Franklin H. Spence
aliasFranklin H. Spence
Record
58181 · 12912

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 80%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 4 1 5
Birth 22 February 1883 → 141 years + 2 months ago
Lived 59 years + 10 months
First mandate 25 June 1923 → 100 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 40 years + 4 months
Death 16 January 1943 → 81 years + 3 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 16 3 1 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Joseph E. Crawford  m  (3 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Henry Mills  m 
 
Eligible: 12,509 Votes: 7,251 Participation: 57.97% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
16		 Ontario
25 June 1923
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 34282(F) — 8 Oct 2022 09:52 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
40
LC
 1/4 2,866 39.94% +208 Loser:
LAB
 2,658 37.04% Henry Mills

Service: 3 years 5 months 5 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 13,797 Votes: 6,976 Participation: 50.56% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
17		 Ontario
1 December 1926
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 34405(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
LC
 1/2 5,286 76.10% +3,626 Loser:
LIB
 1,660 23.90% Ira Evans

Service: 2 years 10 months 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 15,053 Votes: 9,411 Participation: 62.52% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
18		 Ontario
30 October 1929
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 34521(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
46
LC
 1/2 5,467 58.73% +1,626 Loser:
LIB
 3,841 41.27% Joseph E. Crawford

Service: 4 years 7 months 19 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 17,720 Votes: 14,607 Participation: 82.43% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
19		 Ontario
19 June 1934
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 34650(F) — 28 Dec 2022 07:36 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
51
LC
 2/2 5,375 37.13% -3,725 Winner:
LIB
 9,100 62.87% Joseph E. Crawford
Eligible: 18,272 Votes: 14,568 Participation: 79.73% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
20		 Ontario
6 October 1937
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 34745(F) — 27 Dec 2022 21:02 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
54
LC
 1/4 5,731 39.93% +495 Loser:
LIB
 5,236 36.48% Harry Murphy
After his election:
16 Jan 1943 59
PC
 →
Vac.
 Died in office
Service: 5 years 3 months 10 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 22,006 Votes: 14,539 Participation: 66.07% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
21		 Ontario
4 August 1943
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 34844(F) — 23 Dec 2022 13:00 ET
—
 Deceased
Age
59		 Successor:
CCF
 8,701 60.36% Garfield Anderson

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Franklin Harford Spence		 23 Oct 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Franklin Harford Spence		 23 Oct 2023
EN Wikipedia
Franklin Harford Spence		 23 Oct 2023

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