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♂ Eric W.B. Cross
aliasEric W.B. Cross
Record
13552 · 13063

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 1 1 2
Birth 27 January 1904 → 120 years + 3 months ago
Lived 61 years
First mandate 6 October 1937 → 86 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 33 years + 8 months
Death 25 February 1965 → 59 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 21 years + 6 months after 3 August 1943
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 9 26 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Wallace W. Walsh  m 
 
 
Eligible: 29,557 Votes: 22,619 Participation: 76.53% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
20		 Ontario
6 October 1937
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 34750(F) — 27 Dec 2022 21:07 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
33
LIB
 1/2 12,638 56.44% +2,883 Loser:
LC
 9,755 43.56% Leopold Marshall

Service: 5 years 9 months 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 28,840 Votes: 17,670 Participation: 61.27% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
21		 Ontario
4 August 1943
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 34849(F) — 17 Oct 2023 07:55 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
39
LIB
 2/3 7,077 40.39% -791 Winner:
PC
 7,868 44.90% Wallace W. Walsh

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Eric William Blake Cross		 03 Aug 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Eric William Blake Cross		 03 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
Eric William Blake Cross		 03 Aug 2023

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Rev.:  3 Aug 2023 15:17 (but data presented dynamically)

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