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♂ David W. Higgins
aliasDavid W. Higgins
Record
27438 · 13827

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 80%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
British Columbia 4 1 5
Birth 30 November 1834 → 189 years + 4 months ago
Lived 83 years
First mandate 7 July 1886 → 137 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 51 years + 7 months
Death 30 November 1917 → 106 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 17 years + 5 months after 8 June 1900
Special notes
None
 
David W. Higgins (1834–1917) 200x188
© Photo Legislative Assembly, British Columbia — Public domain
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 13 10 28 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. BC 5–7
GOV
 1 Speaker 55–63 23 Jan 1890 — 08 Mar 1898 8 1 13

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
3 documented challengers
⊖ William H. Hayward  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Charles E. Pooley  m  (4 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Hans L. Helgesen  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 273 Votes: 415 Participation: 76.01% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
5		 British Columbia
7 July 1886
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  GOV  Majority
ID: 28682(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
51
GOV
 2/4 123 59.13% +51 Loser:
OPPO
 72 34.62% John R. Hett

Service: 3 years 11 months 5 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 411 Votes: 401 Participation: 48.73% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
6		 British Columbia
13 June 1890
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28707(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
55
GOV
 2/3 155 77.11% +66 Loser:
OPPO
 89 44.28% Hans L. Helgesen

Service: 4 years 23 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 451 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacies: 2
Provincial
7		 British Columbia
7 July 1894
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  GOV  Majority
ID: 28733(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
59
GOV
 2/2 By acclamation

Service: 4 years 1 day (Gov't)
Eligible: 714 Votes: 869 Participation: 60.85% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
8		 British Columbia
9 July 1898
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28764(F) — 23 Jul 2023 21:26 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
63
OPPO
 2/5 208 47.82% +2 Loser:
GOV
 206 47.36% William F.T. Bullen

Service: 1 year 10 months 30 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 698 Votes: 738 Participation: 52.87% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
9		 British Columbia
9 June 1900
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28806(F) — 23 Jul 2023 22:18 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
65
IOPP
 3/5 111 30.08% -119 Winner:
OPPO
 230 62.33% Charles E. Pooley

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
David Williams Higgins		 01 Jan 2024
FR Wikipédia
David Williams Higgins		 01 Jan 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  1 Jan 2024 17:37 (but data presented dynamically)

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