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♂ Thomas Dufferin Pattullo
aliasDuff Pattullo
Record
48478 · 13674

☆   Presbyterian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 89%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
British Columbia 8 1 9
Birth 19 January 1873 → 151 years + 3 months ago
Lived 83 years + 2 months
First mandate 14 September 1916 → 107 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 43 years + 7 months
Death 30 March 1956 → 68 years ago
Exit → Death 10 years + 5 months after 24 October 1945
Special notes
None
 
Thomas Dufferin (Duff) Pattullo (1873–1956)
© Photo Legislative Assembly, British Columbia — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
With the Conservatives in disarray, Pattullo became the Liberal premier of British Colum­bia in 1933. Three elections later, in 1941, with the rise of the CCF, the Liberals decided to form a coalition with the Conservatives. Pattullo objected, so he was ousted as leader and premier. Both during and after his tenure as premier, he strongly objected to extending the vote franchise to Chinese and Japanese Cana­dians, once declaring that British Columbia could "never tolerate" a demand for such franchise. An important bridge spanning the Fraser River still bears his name. Should it?
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
British Columbia 28 9 5 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. BC 17
LIB
 1 ✓ Party leader 55–56 19 Jul 1928 — 20 Jan 1929 0 6 1
2. BC 17
LIB
 1 Opposition Leader 55–60 01 Jan 1929 — 01 Nov 1933 4 10 0
3. BC 17
LIB
 2 Party leader 56–68 21 Jan 1929 — 08 Dec 1941 12 10 17
4. BC 18–20
LIB
 1 Premier 60–68 01 Nov 1933 — 09 Dec 1941 8 1 8

Electoral history

Races 9  
Path points 9  
2 documented challengers
⊖ William H. Brett  m 
 		 ⊖ William Manson  m 
 
Eligible: 4,050 Votes: 2,008 Participation: 49.58% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
14		 British Columbia
14 September 1916
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 29026(F) — 3 Mar 2022 08:05 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
43
LIB
 1/2 1,062 52.89% +116 Loser:
LC
 946 47.11% William Manson
After his election:
14 Sep 1916 43
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran in a ministerial by-election
Service: (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,050 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
14		 British Columbia
13 January 1917
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 29039(F) — 14 Oct 2022 19:54 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 3 years 10 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,195 Votes: 3,435 Participation: 66.12% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
15		 British Columbia
1 December 1920
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 29228(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
LIB
 1/4 1,501 43.70% +804 Loser:
ICON
 697 20.29% Seville M. Newton

Service: 3 years 6 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 2,750 Votes: 1,646 Participation: 59.85% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
16		 British Columbia
20 June 1924
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 29273(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
LIB
 1/3 920 55.89% +255 Loser:
ICON
 665 40.40% Seville M. Newton

Service: 4 years 27 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,663 Votes: 2,706 Participation: 73.87% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
17		 British Columbia
18 July 1928
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 29361(F) — 3 Mar 2022 10:48 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
55
LIB
 1/2 1,370 51.78% +94 Loser:
CONS
 1,276 48.22% James H. Thompson

Service: 5 years 3 months 14 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 3,833 Votes: 2,728 Participation: 71.17% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
18		 British Columbia
1 November 1933
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 29415(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
60
LIB
 1/3 1,725 64.90% +1,060 Loser:
CFF
 665 25.02% George W. Rudderham

Service: 3 years 6 months 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,672 Votes: 3,001 Participation: 81.73% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
19		 British Columbia
1 June 1937
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 29454(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
64
LIB
 1/4 1,446 49.55% +650 Loser:
CFF
 796 27.28% George W. Weaver

Service: 4 years 4 months 19 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,513 Votes: 3,340 Participation: 74.01% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
20		 British Columbia
21 October 1941
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
 COAL  9 Dec 1941
ID: 29539(F) — 23 Jul 2023 23:42 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
68
LIB
 1/2 1,681 51.82% +118 Loser:
CFF
 1,563 48.18% George W. Weaver
After his election:
9 Dec 1941 68
LIB
 →
COAL
 Change of government (became part of opposition)
Service: 4 years 3 days (Gov't & Oppo.)
Eligible: 5,447 Votes: 3,811 Participation: 69.97% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
21		 British Columbia
25 October 1945
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  COAL  Majority
ID: 29589(F) — 24 Jul 2023 21:52 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
72
IND
 2/3 1,348 35.86% -525 Winner:
CFF
 1,873 49.83% William H. Brett

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
FR Wikipédia
Thomas Dufferin Pattullo		 27 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Duff Pattullo		 27 Apr 2024

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