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♂ George Ferguson
aliasGeorge Ferguson
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 25%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
British Columbia 1 2 3
Total 1 3 4
Birth Unknown
   
First mandate 29 October 1879 → 144 years + 6 months ago
Death Unknown
 
Special notes
None
 

George Ferguson (? – ?)
No photo available
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 2 8 24 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
6 documented challengers
⊖ George Cowan  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Robert McLeese  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Robert L. Shaw  m 
 		 ⊖ Joseph Mason  m 
⊖ James Reid  m 
⊖ Charles Wilson  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 481 Votes: 228 Participation: 47.40% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
3		 British Columbia
29 October 1879
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28655(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
?
IND
 1/3 94 41.23% +15 Loser:
IND
 79 34.65% Robert McLeese

Service: 2 years 8 months 24 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 512 Votes: 887 Participation: 65.23% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
4		 British Columbia
23 July 1882
General
Plurality-at-large (3)
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28657(F) — 23 Jul 2023 19:34 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
?
OPPO
 4/6 117 39.53% -52 Winner:
GOV
 169 57.09% Robert McLeese
Eligible: 456 Votes: 755 Participation: 60.53% Candidacies: 9
Provincial
5		 British Columbia
7 July 1886
General
Plurality-at-large (3)
Gov't  GOV  Majority
ID: 28678(F) — 2 Mar 2022 12:43 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
?
OPPO
 5/9 90 35.71% -21 Winner:
GOV
 111 44.05% George Cowan
Eligible: inc. Votes: 250 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
6		 British Columbia
22 February 1887
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19387(F) — 21 Jan 2022 23:37 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
?
LIB
 2/2 105 42.00% -40 Winner:
LC
 145 58.00% James Reid

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
Cariboo (provincial electoral district): Electoral history		 09 Jan 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  9 Jan 2024 21:27 (but data presented dynamically)

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