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♂ Thomas W. Forster
aliasThomas W. Forster
Record
20495 · 13830

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
British Columbia 3 1 4
Birth 30 August 1857 → 166 years + 7 months ago
Lived 80 years + 9 months
First mandate 13 June 1890 → 133 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 32 years + 9 months
Death 4 June 1938 → 85 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 37 years + 11 months after 8 June 1900
Special notes
None
 
Thomas W. Forster (1857–1938) 200x240
© 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 9 11 23 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. BC 8
GOV
 1 Speaker 40–42 09 Jul 1898 — 10 Apr 1900 1 9 1

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
5 documented challengers
⊖ John W. Berry  m 
⊖ John Oliver  m 
⊖ William W. Walkem  m 
 		 ⊖ Colin C. McKenzie  m 
⊖ James Punch  m 
 
Eligible: 490 Votes: 471 Participation: 48.06% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
6		 British Columbia
13 June 1890
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28710(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
32
LAB
 1/3 160 67.80% +6 Loser:
IND
 154 65.25% William W. Walkem

Service: 4 years 23 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 1,130 Votes: 862 Participation: 76.28% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
7		 British Columbia
7 July 1894
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Majority
ID: 28751(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
36
OPPO
 1/2 545 63.23% +228 Loser:
GOV
 317 36.77% James Punch

Service: 4 years 1 day (Oppo.)
Eligible: 1,245 Votes: 552 Participation: 44.34% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
8		 British Columbia
9 July 1898
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28778(F) — 23 Jul 2023 21:52 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
40
OPPO
 1/2 331 59.96% +110 Loser:
GOV
 221 40.04% Henry D. Benson
After his election:
5 Jan 1899 41
OPPO
 →
GOV
 Changed allegiance (joined government)
Service: 1 year 10 months 30 days (Oppo. & Gov't)
Eligible: 1,357 Votes: 712 Participation: 52.47% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
9		 British Columbia
9 June 1900
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28822(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
42
PROV
 3/3 173 24.30% -151 Winner:
GOV
 324 45.51% John Oliver

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
William Thomas Forster		 01 Jan 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  1 Jan 2024 18:31 (but data presented dynamically)

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