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♂ Richard D. Arnott
aliasRichard D. Arnott
Record
1493 · 13065

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
Ontario 2 0 2
Total 2 1 3
Birth 20 June 1904 → 119 years + 10 months ago
Lived 66 years + 8 months
First mandate 6 October 1937 → 86 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 33 years + 3 months
Death 15 March 1971 → 53 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 25 years + 9 months after 3 June 1945
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 7 7 26 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
2 documented challengers
⊖ James A. Faulkner  m 
 		 ⊖ Frank S. Follwell  m 
 
Eligible: 24,595 Votes: 18,780 Participation: 76.36% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
20		 Ontario
6 October 1937
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 34756(F) — 27 Dec 2022 21:13 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
33
LC
 1/2 9,923 53.56% +1,319 Loser:
LIB
 8,604 46.44% James A. Faulkner

Service: 5 years 9 months 28 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 22,792 Votes: 13,770 Participation: 60.42% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
21		 Ontario
4 August 1943
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 34855(F) — 23 Dec 2022 13:07 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
39
PC
 1/3 6,530 47.91% +2,423 Loser:
LIB
 4,107 30.13% Roscoe Vanderwater

Service: 1 year 9 months 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 27,021 Votes: 18,588 Participation: 68.79% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
22		 Ontario
4 June 1945
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 34946(F) — 23 Dec 2022 18:48 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
40		 Successor:
PC
 9,351 50.83% James F. Wilson
Eligible: 31,109 Votes: 25,489 Participation: 81.93% Candidacies: 3
Federal
21		 Ontario
27 June 1949
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23481(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
45
PC
 2/3 10,337 40.99% -2,762 Winner:
LIB
 13,099 51.95% Frank S. Follwell

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Richard Duke Arnott		 26 Jul 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Richard Duke Arnott		 26 Jul 2023
EN Wikipedia
Richard Duke Arnott		 26 Jul 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 26 Jul 2023 15:08 (but data presented dynamically)

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