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♂ Henry Croft
aliasHenry Croft
Record
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Australian-Canadian   ∞1
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
British Columbia 2 0 2
Birth 15 January 1856 → 168 years + 3 months ago
Lived 61 years + 6 months
First mandate 7 July 1886 → 137 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 30 years + 5 months
Death 28 July 1917 → 106 years + 9 months ago
Exit → Death 23 years + 22 days after 6 July 1894
Special notes
None
 

Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Robert Dunsmuir (1825–1889) Father-in-law
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
British Columbia 7 11 28 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Theodore Davie  m 
 
 
Eligible: 322 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacies: 2
Provincial
5		 British Columbia
7 July 1886
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  GOV  Majority
ID: 28681(F) — 2 Mar 2022 12:48 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
30
GOV
 2/2 By acclamation

Service: 3 years 11 months 5 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 387 Votes: 426 Participation: 55.04% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
6		 British Columbia
13 June 1890
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28706(F) — 2 Mar 2022 13:07 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
34
GOV
 2/3 146 68.54% +44 Loser:
GOV
 102 47.89% Joseph Macdonald

Service: 4 years 23 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 516 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacies: 2
Provincial
7		 British Columbia
7 July 1894
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  GOV  Majority
ID: 28731(F) — 2 Mar 2022 15:06 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
38		 Successor:
GOV
 Acclam. James M. Mutter

Online biographical references (2)

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Henry Croft		 03 Aug 2023
FR Wikipédia
Henry Croft		 03 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  3 Aug 2023 13:22 (but data presented dynamically)

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