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♂ Colin B. Sword
aliasColin B. Sword
Record
59869 · 13812

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
British Columbia 2 2 4
Birth 8 January 1845 → 179 years + 3 months ago
Lived 57 years + 5 months
First mandate 7 November 1890 → 133 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 45 years + 9 months
Death 16 June 1902 → 121 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 3 years + 11 months after 8 July 1898
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 7 29 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
5 documented challengers
⊖ Thomas E. Kitchen  m 
⊖ James Punch  m 
⊖ John Robson  m 
 		 ⊖ William H. Ladner  m 
⊖ William R. Robertson  m 
 
Eligible: 1,928 Votes: 2,866 Participation: 49.55% Candidacies: 8
Provincial
6		 British Columbia
13 June 1890
General
Plurality-at-large (3)
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28721(F) — 23 Jul 2023 19:54 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
45
IND
 4/8 461 48.27% -23 Winner:
IND
 484 50.68% James Punch
Eligible: 1,928 Votes: 950 Participation: 49.27% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
6		 British Columbia
7 November 1890
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28722(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
45
IND
 1/4 472 49.68% +186 Loser:
IND
 286 30.11% William H. Ladner

Service: 3 years 7 months 29 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 795 Votes: 551 Participation: 69.31% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
7		 British Columbia
7 July 1894
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Majority
ID: 28752(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
49
OPPO
 1/2 327 59.35% +103 Loser:
GOV
 224 40.65% John M. Lefevre

Service: 4 years 1 day (Oppo.)
Eligible: 906 Votes: 455 Participation: 50.22% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
8		 British Columbia
9 July 1898
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28779(F) — 23 Jul 2023 21:31 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
53		 Successor:
GOV
 239 52.53% Richard McBride
Eligible: 503 Votes: 317 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
8		 British Columbia
28 December 1898
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28793(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
53
GOV
 2/2 130 41.01% -57 Winner:
OPPO
 187 58.99% William R. Robertson

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
Colin Buchanan Sword		 03 Sep 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  3 Sep 2023 22:25 (but data presented dynamically)

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