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♂ Richard R. Burns
aliasRichard R. Burns
Record
8377 · 13675

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
British Columbia 2 1 3
Birth 29 January 1874 → 150 years + 3 months ago
Lived 76 years + 4 months
First mandate 1 November 1933 → 90 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 59 years + 9 months
Death 14 June 1950 → 73 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 8 years + 7 months after 20 October 1941
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 7 11 17 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Herbert W. Herridge  m 
 		 ⊖ Leo T. Nimsick  m 
 
Eligible: 5,715 Votes: 3,982 Participation: 69.68% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
18		 British Columbia
1 November 1933
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 29418(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
59
LIB
 1/3 1,729 43.84% +415 Loser:
NPIG
 1,314 33.32% Arthur G. Cameron

Service: 3 years 6 months 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,276 Votes: 4,091 Participation: 77.54% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
19		 British Columbia
1 June 1937
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 29455(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
63
LIB
 1/3 1,877 46.70% +626 Loser:
CONS
 1,251 31.13% Clarence E. Crowe

Service: 4 years 4 months 19 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 9,798 Votes: 7,384 Participation: 75.36% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
20		 British Columbia
21 October 1941
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 29541(F) — 3 Mar 2022 23:54 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
67
LIB
 3/4 1,789 24.41% -1,832 Winner:
CFF
 3,621 49.40% Herbert W. Herridge

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
Richard Ronald Burns		 29 Jul 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 29 Jul 2023 15:12 (but data presented dynamically)

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