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♂ Ebenezer Brown
aliasEbenezer Brown
Record
7590 · 13283

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
British Columbia 2 0 2
Birth c. 1824 → 200 years ago
Lived ± 59 years
First mandate 29 September 1875 → 148 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age ± 51 years
Death 5 June 1883 → 140 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 1 year + 6 months after 15 November 1881
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
British Columbia 6 1 16 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
2 documented challengers
⊖ William J. Armstrong  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Donald McGillivray  m 
 
Eligible: 395 Votes: 589 Participation: 74.56% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
2		 British Columbia
29 September 1875
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28627(F) — 23 Jul 2023 18:14 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±51
IGOV
 1/5 154 52.20% +37 Loser:
REF
 117 39.66% Donald McGillivray
After his election:
30 Sep 1875 ±51
IGOV
 →
GOV
 Changed allegiance (joined government)
Service: 2 years 7 months 22 days (Oppo. & Gov't)
Eligible: 222 Votes: 146 Participation: 65.77% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
3		 British Columbia
22 May 1878
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28648(F) — 23 Jul 2023 18:11 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±54
GOV
 1/2 82 56.16% +18 Loser:
OPPO
 64 43.84% William J. Armstrong
After his election:
23 May 1878 ±54
GOV
 →
OPPO
 Changed allegiance (joined opposition)
15 Nov 1881 ±57
OPPO
 →
Vac.
 Left provincial politics
Service: 3 years 5 months 24 days (Gov't & Oppo.)
Eligible: 222 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
3		 British Columbia
20 December 1881
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28656(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
±57		 Successor:
IND
 Acclam. William J. Armstrong

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
Ebenezer Brown		 28 Jul 2023
EN Wikipedia
Ebenezer Brown		 28 Jul 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 28 Jul 2023 21:10 (but data presented dynamically)

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