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♂ Theodore Davie
aliasTheodore Davie
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
British Columbia 5 0 5
Birth 22 March 1852 → 172 years + 1 month ago
Lived 45 years + 11 months
First mandate 23 July 1882 → 141 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 30 years + 4 months
Death 7 March 1898 → 126 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 3 years + 5 days after 2 March 1895
Special notes
None
 
Theodore Davie (1852–1898)
© Photo Legislative Assembly, British Columbia — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Alexander E.B. Davie (1847–1889) Brother  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
British Columbia 12 6 18 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. BC 6–7
GOV
 1 Premier 40–42 02 Jul 1892 — 02 Mar 1895 2 8 0

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
11 documented challengers
⊖ Robert Beaven  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ James S. Drummond  m 
⊖ George L. Milne  m 
⊖ James Trimble  m 
⊖ Montague W. Tyrwhitt-Drake  m 
⊖ William Wilson  m 
 		 ⊖ Henry Croft  m 
⊖ Simeon Duck  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Edward G. Prior  m 
⊖ John H. Turner  m 
⊖ John W. Williams  m 
 
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
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
30
OPPO
 2/9 399 56.76% +78 Loser:
GOV
 321 45.66% Alexander Wilson
After his election:
24 Jul 1882 30
OPPO
 →
GOV
 Changed allegiance (joined government)
Service: 3 years 11 months 13 days (Oppo. & 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
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
34
GOV
 4/11 463 46.81% +7 Loser:
GOV
 456 46.11% Simeon Duck
After his election:
3 Aug 1889 37
GOV
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran in a ministerial by-election
Service: 3 years 27 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 1,360 Votes: 1,045 Participation: 76.84% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
5		 British Columbia
21 August 1889
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Majority
ID: 28700(F) — 14 Oct 2022 19:39 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
37
GOV
 1/2 578 55.31% +111 Loser:
OPPO
 467 44.69% George L. Milne

Service: 9 months 22 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 387 Votes: 426 Participation: 55.04% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
6		 British Columbia
13 June 1890
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28706(F) — 2 Mar 2022 13:07 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
38
GOV
 1/3 178 83.57% +76 Loser:
GOV
 102 47.89% Joseph Macdonald

Service: 4 years 23 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 516 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacies: 2
Provincial
7		 British Columbia
7 July 1894
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  GOV  Majority
ID: 28731(F) — 2 Mar 2022 15:06 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
42
GOV
 1/2 By acclamation
After his election:
2 Mar 1895 42
GOV
 →
Vac.
 To accept an appointment (judge, senator, etc.)
Service: 7 months 23 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 516 Votes: 344 Participation: 66.67% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
7		 British Columbia
18 April 1895
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Majority
ID: 28755(F) — 17 Jun 2023 11:21 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
43		 Successor:
GOV
 172 50.00% Thomas A. Wood

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Davie, Theodore		 11 Mar 2024
FR Dictionnaire biographique du Canada
Davie, Theodore		 11 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Theodore Davie		 11 Mar 2024
FR Wikipédia
Theodore Davie		 11 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 11 Mar 2024 20:47 (but data presented dynamically)

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