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♂ Arthur S. Gordon
aliasArthur S. Gordon
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 3 1 4
Birth 3 June 1894 → 129 years + 11 months ago
Lived 59 years
First mandate 19 June 1934 → 89 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 40 years
Death 29 June 1953 → 70 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 8 years + 26 days after 3 June 1945
Special notes
None
 

Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ David A. Gordon (1858–1919) Father  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Ontario 10 11 12 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Archibald C. Calder  m 
 
 
Eligible: 23,310 Votes: 13,686 Participation: 58.71% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
18		 Ontario
30 October 1929
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 34539(F) — 25 Sep 2023 21:07 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
35
LIB
 2/2 6,690 49.19% -221 Winner:
LC
 6,911 50.81% Archibald C. Calder
Eligible: 25,573 Votes: 19,000 Participation: 74.30% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
19		 Ontario
19 June 1934
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 34667(F) — 28 Dec 2022 07:44 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
40
LIB
 1/3 11,016 58.81% +4,879 Loser:
LC
 6,137 32.76% Burton Bedford

Service: 3 years 3 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 26,044 Votes: 14,366 Participation: 55.16% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
20		 Ontario
6 October 1937
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 34762(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
LIB
 1/2 10,991 77.72% +7,840 Loser:
LC
 3,151 22.28% Arthur Sanderson

Service: 5 years 9 months 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 27,741 Votes: 15,497 Participation: 55.86% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
21		 Ontario
4 August 1943
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 34861(F) — 23 Dec 2022 13:09 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
49
LIB
 1/3 7,969 52.00% +2,575 Loser:
PC
 5,394 35.20% Arthur Poulter

Service: 1 year 9 months 30 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 29,630 Votes: 20,940 Participation: 70.67% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
22		 Ontario
4 June 1945
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 34952(F) — 23 Dec 2022 18:51 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
51		 Successor:
PC
 10,691 51.68% George W. Parry

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Arthur St. Clair Gordon		 09 Aug 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Arthur St. Clair Gordon		 09 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
Arthur Gordon (politician)		 09 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  9 Aug 2023 12:13 (but data presented dynamically)

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