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♂ Samuel Lawrence
aliasSamuel Lawrence
Record
34708 · 13016

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
Ontario 1 1 2
Total 1 2 3
Birth 16 August 1879 → 144 years + 8 months ago
Lived 80 years + 2 months
First mandate 19 June 1934 → 89 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 54 years + 10 months
Death 25 October 1959 → 64 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 22 years + 20 days after 5 October 1937
Special notes
None
 
Samuel Lawrence (1879–1959) 200x219
© Photo 1937 L. Lyonde — Public domain
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 3 16 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
4 documented challengers
⊖ John P. MacKay  m 
⊖ William R. Morrison  m 
 		 ⊖ Sydney C. Mewburn  m 
⊖ John Newlands  m 
 
Eligible: 35,222 Votes: 20,160 Participation: 57.24% Candidacies: 3
Federal
15		 Ontario
29 October 1925
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 21881(F) — 27 Jun 2023 14:17 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
46
LAB
 2/3 2,286 11.34% -13,383 Winner:
LC
 15,669 77.72% Sydney C. Mewburn
Eligible: 28,701 Votes: 19,412 Participation: 67.64% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
19		 Ontario
19 June 1934
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 34658(F) — 28 Dec 2022 07:39 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
54
CCF
 1/5 10,458 54.86% +3,245 Loser:
LC
 7,213 37.84% William R. Morrison

Service: 3 years 3 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 29,811 Votes: 21,187 Participation: 71.07% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
20		 Ontario
6 October 1937
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 34753(F) — 10 Oct 2023 20:12 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
58
CCF
 3/4 4,858 23.46% -4,938 Winner:
LIB
 9,796 47.31% John P. MacKay

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Samuel Lawrence		 13 Jan 2024
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Samuel Lawrence		 13 Jan 2024
EN Wikipedia
Samuel Lawrence (Canadian politician)		 13 Jan 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 13 Jan 2024 08:50 (but data presented dynamically)

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