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♂ Simeon Duck
aliasSimeon Duck
Record
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☆   Protestant   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
British Columbia 4 4 8
Birth 1 December 1834 → 189 years + 4 months ago
Lived 70 years + 2 months
First mandate 16 October 1871 → 152 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 36 years + 10 months
Death 5 February 1905 → 119 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 14 years + 7 months after 12 June 1890
Special notes
None
 
Simeon Duck (1834–1905)
© Photo Grand Lodge of British Columbia and Yukon — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
In the 1882 British Columbia general election, Duck won one of the four seats for Victoria City with a plurality of 47 votes. In a ministerial by-election that followed in 1885, he won in a two-person race with a plurality of only 7 votes. But in the general election the next year, he lost his seat by only 7 votes.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
British Columbia 10 1 30 Z

Electoral history

Races 8  
Path points 8  
16 documented challengers
⊖ Robert Beaven  m  (5 runoffs)
⊖ James W. Douglas  m 
⊖ Andrew C. Elliott  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ John Irving  m 
⊖ George L. Milne  m 
⊖ James Trimble  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Montague W. Tyrwhitt-Drake  m 
⊖ Charles Wilson  m 
 		 ⊖ Theodore Davie  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ James S. Drummond  m 
⊖ John Grant  m 
⊖ John F. McCreight  m 
⊖ Edward G. Prior  m 
⊖ John H. Turner  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ John W. Williams  m 
⊖ William Wilson  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,515 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 6
Provincial
1		 British Columbia
16 October 1871
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  GOV  Majority
ID: 28608(F) — 23 Dec 2023 14:53 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
36
IND
 4/6 301 79.42% +177 Loser:
IND
 124 32.72% Robert T. Williams
After his election:
17 Oct 1871 36
IND
 →
OPPO
 Changed allegiance (remained in opposition)
Service: 3 years 10 months 25 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 844 Votes: 2,241 Participation: 66.38% Candidacies: 8
Provincial
2		 British Columbia
11 September 1875
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28630(F) — 23 Dec 2023 14:53 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
40
GOV
 5/8 319 56.96% -63 Winner:
IND
 382 68.21% James W. Douglas
Eligible: 844 Votes: 727 Participation: 86.14% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
2		 British Columbia
21 February 1876
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28633(F) — 23 Dec 2023 14:53 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
41
OPPO
 2/2 282 38.79% -163 Winner:
GOV
 445 61.21% Andrew C. Elliott
Eligible: 1,093 Votes: 2,811 Participation: 64.30% Candidacies: 9
Provincial
4		 British Columbia
23 July 1882
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28667(F) — 23 Dec 2023 14:53 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
47
IND
 3/9 368 52.35% +47 Loser:
GOV
 321 45.66% Alexander Wilson
After his election:
24 Jul 1882 47
IND
 →
GOV
 Changed allegiance (joined government)
21 Mar 1885 50
GOV
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran in a ministerial by-election
Service: 2 years 7 months 26 days (Oppo. & Gov't)
Eligible: 1,093 Votes: 555 Participation: 50.78% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
4		 British Columbia
15 April 1885
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28677(F) — 23 Dec 2023 14:53 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
GOV
 1/2 281 50.63% +7 Loser:
OPPO
 274 49.37% Robert T. Williams

Service: 1 year 2 months 21 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 1,360 Votes: 3,955 Participation: 72.70% Candidacies: 11
Provincial
5		 British Columbia
7 July 1886
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  GOV  Majority
ID: 28689(F) — 23 Dec 2023 14:53 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
51
GOV
 5/11 456 46.11% -7 Winner:
GOV
 463 46.81% Theodore Davie
Eligible: 1,360 Votes: 972 Participation: 71.47% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
5		 British Columbia
25 January 1888
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Majority
ID: 28696(F) — 23 Dec 2023 14:53 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
53
GOV
 1/2 607 62.45% +242 Loser:
OPPO
 365 37.55% Robert T. Williams

Service: 2 years 4 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,668 Votes: 7,179 Participation: 48.93% Candidacies: 9
Provincial
6		 British Columbia
13 June 1890
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28714(F) — 23 Dec 2023 14:53 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
55
GOV
 7/9 658 36.66% -193 Winner:
GOV
 851 47.41% John H. Turner

Online biographical references (4)

 Retrieved on
EN Non-standard link
Grand Lodge of British Columbia and Yukon, Simeon Duck		 17 Feb 2024
EN Find a Grave
Simeon Duck		 17 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Simeon Duck		 17 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
Simeon Duck		 17 Feb 2024

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