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♂ Wellington J. Harris
aliasWellington J. Harris
Record
26214 · 13298

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
British Columbia 1 0 1
Birth 9 October 1839 → 184 years + 6 months ago
Lived 80 years + 2 months
First mandate 22 May 1878 → 145 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 38 years + 7 months
Death 25 December 1919 → 104 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 37 years + 5 months after 22 July 1882
Special notes
Date of birth and death is an educated guess, although the records show his middle name as John rather than Jeffers.
 

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 4 2 0 Z

Electoral history

Race 1  
Path points 2  
3 documented challengers
⊖ James B. Kennedy  m 
⊖ James Orr  m 
 		 ⊖ Donald McGillivray  m 
 
Eligible: 679 Votes: 700 Participation: 51.55% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
3		 British Columbia
22 May 1878
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28647(F) — 23 Jul 2023 18:31 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
38
GOV
 2/5 171 48.86% +18 Loser:
OPPO
 153 43.71% James Orr
After his election:
23 May 1878 38
GOV
 →
OPPO
 Changed allegiance (joined opposition)
Service: 4 years 2 months (Gov't & Oppo.)
Eligible: 704 Votes: 708 Participation: 50.28% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
4		 British Columbia
23 July 1882
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28664(F) — 23 Jul 2023 19:00 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
42		 Successor:
OPPO
 168 47.46% James Orr

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Elections BC and the Legislative Library, An Electoral History of British Columbia, 1871-1986
(pp. 29, 380)		 06 Sep 2023
EN Find a Grave
Wellington Jeffers Harris		 06 Sep 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  6 Sep 2023 20:09 (but data presented dynamically)

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