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♂ Dougald MacPherson
aliasDougald MacPherson
Record
38508 · 13703

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
British Columbia 2 1 3
Birth 23 October 1882 → 141 years + 6 months ago
Lived 81 years + 7 months
First mandate 25 April 1925 → 99 years + 3 days ago
↳ at age 42 years + 6 months
Death 28 May 1964 → 59 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death 26 years + 11 months after 31 May 1937
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 6 9 20 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Charles M. Kingston  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Thomas A. Love  m 
 
Eligible: 1,932 Votes: 1,729 Participation: 89.49% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
16		 British Columbia
25 April 1925
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 29330(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
42
LIB
 1/2 900 52.05% +71 Loser:
LC
 829 47.95% Charles M. Kingston

Service: 3 years 2 months 22 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 1,845 Votes: 1,711 Participation: 92.74% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
17		 British Columbia
18 July 1928
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 29349(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
45
LIB
 2/2 790 47.08% -98 Winner:
CONS
 888 52.92% Charles M. Kingston
Eligible: 2,084 Votes: 1,766 Participation: 84.74% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
18		 British Columbia
1 November 1933
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 29403(F) — 12 Feb 2023 00:31 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
51
LIB
 1/3 1,034 58.55% +523 Loser:
NPIG
 511 28.94% Thomas A. Love

Service: 3 years 6 months 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 2,218 Votes: 1,751 Participation: 78.94% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
19		 British Columbia
1 June 1937
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 29442(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
54		 Successor:
LIB
 722 41.93% Ezra C. Henniger

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
Dougald MacPherson		 27 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 27 Aug 2023 12:31 (but data presented dynamically)

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