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♂ Thomas Cunningham
aliasThomas Cunningham
Record
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Irish-Canadian   ∞1
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
British Columbia 1 1 2
Birth 12 April 1837 → 187 years ago
Lived 78 years + 10 months
First mandate 25 November 1889 → 134 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 52 years + 7 months
Death 16 February 1916 → 108 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 25 years + 8 months after 12 June 1890
Special notes
None
 
Thomas Cunningham (1837–1916)
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Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ James Cunningham (1834–1925) Brother  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
British Columbia 0 6 16 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
2 documented challengers
⊖ John C. Brown  m 
 		 ⊖ Gordon E. Corbould  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 675 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
5		 British Columbia
25 November 1889
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Majority
ID: 28702(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
52
GOV
 1/2 374 55.41% +73 Loser:
GOV
 301 44.59% Gordon E. Corbould

Service: 6 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 1,367 Votes: 851 Participation: 62.25% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
6		 British Columbia
13 June 1890
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28712(F) — 28 Jul 2023 22:01 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
53
GOV
 2/2 321 37.72% -209 Winner:
IND
 530 62.28% John C. Brown

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
Thomas Cunningham		 31 Jan 2024
EN Wikipedia
Thomas Cunningham (Canadian politician)		 31 Jan 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 31 Jan 2024 22:52 (but data presented dynamically)

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