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♂ Arthur Ellis
aliasArthur Ellis
Record
18502 · 13000

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 2 1 3
Birth 28 February 1890 → 134 years + 2 months ago
Lived 74 years + 7 months
First mandate 30 October 1929 → 94 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 39 years + 8 months
Death 19 October 1964 → 59 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 27 years + 14 days after 5 October 1937
Special notes
None
 
Arthur Ellis (1890–1964)
© Photo 1914 — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
In November 1935, Ellis, an Ontario Conservative MPP, struck and killed a pedestrian on a highway north of Kingston, and was charged with criminal negligence. Although he was acquitted the next year, the notoriety of the incident ruined his chances of becoming party leader a few months later. Then, in 1940, while no longer an MPP, he was charged after hitting a traffic cop's motorcycle and a parked car following a chase. An open bottle of wine was found in the front seat of his car; he was convicted of driving while drunk and sentenced to 30 days in jail.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Ontario 7 11 4 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Harold Fisher  m 
 		 ⊖ Albert E. Honeywell  m 
 
Eligible: 45,187 Votes: 18,874 Participation: 41.77% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
16		 Ontario
25 June 1923
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 34325(F) — 28 Dec 2022 20:47 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
33
LC
 4/6 1,154 6.29% -6,208 Winner:
LIB
 7,362 40.15% Harold Fisher
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
18		 Ontario
30 October 1929
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 34561(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
39
LC
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 4 years 7 months 19 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 48,924 Votes: 36,300 Participation: 74.20% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
19		 Ontario
19 June 1934
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 34683(F) — 28 Dec 2022 07:51 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
44
LC
 1/6 16,983 47.56% +246 Loser:
LIB
 16,737 46.87% Percival Wilson

Service: 3 years 3 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 50,823 Votes: 35,278 Participation: 69.41% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
20		 Ontario
6 October 1937
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 34778(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
47		 Successor:
LC
 17,443 50.20% George H. Dunbar

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Arthur Ellis		 17 Mar 2024
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Arthur Ellis		 17 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Arthur Ellis (Canadian politician)		 17 Mar 2024

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