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♂ Samuel A. Rogers
aliasSamuel A. Rogers
Record
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Irish-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
British Columbia 3 2 5
Total 3 3 6
Birth c. November 1840 → 183 years + 5 months ago
Lived ± 70 years
First mandate 13 June 1890 → 133 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age ± 49 years
Death 4 June 1911 → 112 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 7 years + 9 months after 4 September 1903
Special notes
None
 

Samuel A. Rogers (c.1840–1911)
No photo available
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 11 3 18 Z

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 6  
11 documented challengers
⊖ William Adams  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Hans L. Helgesen  m 
⊖ Harry Jones  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Joseph Mason  m 
⊖ James Murphy  m 
⊖ Hugh Watt  m 
 		 ⊖ Frank S. Barnard  m 
⊖ Joseph L. Hunter  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ John C. Kinchant  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Robert McLeese  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ John Robson  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 298 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
6		 British Columbia
22 November 1888
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19719(F) — 21 Oct 2023 17:56 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
±48
IND
 3/3 86 28.86% -31 Winner:
CONS
 117 39.26% Frank S. Barnard
Eligible: 374 Votes: 642 Participation: 57.22% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
6		 British Columbia
13 June 1890
General
Plurality-at-large (3)
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28703(F) — 21 Oct 2023 17:56 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±49
GOV
 2/4 163 76.17% +29 Loser:
GOV
 134 62.62% William Pinchbeck

Service: 4 years 23 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 456 Votes: 689 Participation: 75.55% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
7		 British Columbia
7 July 1894
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  GOV  Majority
ID: 28728(F) — 9 Jan 2024 21:49 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±53
GOV
 1/5 167 48.41% +25 Loser:
OPPO
 142 41.16% Robert McLeese

Service: 4 years 1 day (Gov't)
Eligible: 712 Votes: 758 Participation: 53.23% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
8		 British Columbia
9 July 1898
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28759(F) — 1 Jan 2024 23:26 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
±57
GOV
 4/4 172 45.38% -23 Winner:
OPPO
 195 51.45% John C. Kinchant
Eligible: 804 Votes: 969 Participation: 60.26% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
9		 British Columbia
9 June 1900
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28800(F) — 1 Jan 2024 23:26 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
±59
LC
 2/4 289 59.59% +88 Loser:
PROV
 201 41.44% Harry Jones
After his election:
10 Jun 1900 ±59
LC
 →
GOV
 Changed allegiance (joined government)
Service: 3 years 2 months 26 days (Oppo. & Gov't)
Eligible: 1,000 Votes: 1,730 Participation: 86.50% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
10		 British Columbia
5 September 1903
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 28842(F) — 21 Oct 2023 17:56 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
±62
LC
 4/4 379 43.82% -60 Winner:
LIB
 439 50.75% Harry Jones

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
Samuel Augustus Rogers		 09 Jan 2024
EN Wikipedia
Samuel Augustus Rogers		 09 Jan 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  9 Jan 2024 21:40 (but data presented dynamically)

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