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♂ David Whiteside
aliasDavid Whiteside
Record
65027 · 13750

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
British Columbia 2 2 4
Birth 6 February 1870 → 154 years + 2 months ago
Lived 77 years + 1 month
First mandate 14 September 1916 → 107 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 46 years + 7 months
Death 8 March 1947 → 77 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 22 years + 8 months after 19 June 1924
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 9 3 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Thomas Gifford  m 
⊖ Nelson S. Lougheed  m 
 		 ⊖ A. Wellesley (Wells) Gray  m 
 
Eligible: 3,386 Votes: 2,555 Participation: 75.46% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
14		 British Columbia
14 September 1916
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 29012(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
46
LIB
 1/2 1,369 53.58% +183 Loser:
LC
 1,186 46.42% Thomas Gifford

Service: 4 years 2 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,745 Votes: 4,597 Participation: 80.02% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
15		 British Columbia
1 December 1920
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 29223(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
LIB
 1/3 1,980 43.07% +369 Loser:
SOLA
 1,611 35.04% William J. Sloan

Service: 3 years 6 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,684 Votes: 4,158 Participation: 73.15% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
16		 British Columbia
20 June 1924
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 29268(F) — 20 Sep 2022 00:20 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
54		 Successor:
LIB
 1,564 37.61% Edwin J. Rothwell
Eligible: 5,954 Votes: 4,856 Participation: 81.56% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
17		 British Columbia
18 July 1928
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 29345(F) — 3 Mar 2022 10:40 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
58
LIB
 2/2 1,946 41.43% -805 Winner:
CONS
 2,751 58.57% Nelson S. Lougheed
Eligible: 7,836 Votes: 5,801 Participation: 74.03% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
18		 British Columbia
1 November 1933
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 29411(F) — 8 Oct 2023 00:11 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
63
IND
 3/4 1,439 25.10% -1,255 Winner:
LIB
 2,694 46.98% A. Wellesley (Wells) Gray

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
David Whiteside		 30 Jul 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 30 Jul 2023 11:59 (but data presented dynamically)

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