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♂ Charles W.D. Clifford
aliasCharles W.D. Clifford
Record
11571 · 13795

Irish-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
British Columbia 3 0 3
Birth 14 October 1842 → 181 years + 6 months ago
Lived 73 years + 6 months
First mandate 6 August 1898 → 125 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 55 years + 9 months
Death 10 May 1916 → 107 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death 9 years + 3 months after 1 February 1907
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 8 5 23 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
2 documented challengers
⊖ John Irving  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ James Stables  m 
 
Eligible: 376 Votes: 318 Participation: 42.29% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
8		 British Columbia
6 August 1898
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28760(F) — 23 Jul 2023 21:52 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
55
GOV
 1/3 148 93.08% +103 Loser:
IND
 45 28.30% George S. McTavish
After his election:
10 Aug 1898 55
GOV
 →
OPPO
 Changed allegiance (joined opposition)
Service: 1 year 10 months 2 days (Gov't & Oppo.)
Eligible: 1,101 Votes: 1,037 Participation: 47.09% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
9		 British Columbia
9 June 1900
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28801(F) — 23 Jul 2023 22:23 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
57
OPPO
 1/4 318 61.27% +74 Loser:
IOPP
 244 47.01% John Irving
After his election:
10 Jun 1900 57
OPPO
 →
GOV
 Changed allegiance (joined government)
Service: 3 years 2 months 26 days (Oppo. & Gov't)
Eligible: 531 Votes: 352 Participation: 66.29% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
10		 British Columbia
5 September 1903
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 28869(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
60
LC
 1/2 197 55.97% +42 Loser:
LIB
 155 44.03% Peter Herman

Service: 3 years 4 months 27 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 682 Votes: 306 Participation: 44.87% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
11		 British Columbia
16 February 1907
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 28907(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
64		 Successor:
LIB
 188 61.44% William T. Kergin

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
Charles William Digby Clifford		 02 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  2 Aug 2023 17:43 (but data presented dynamically)

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