Canada's electoral history from 1867 to today
♂ Adam S. Vedder
aliasAdam S. Vedder
Record
63019 · 13842
Dutch-Canadian
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate |
Deceased |
Performance: 100%
| |
✓ |
✗ |
∑ |
| British Columbia |
1 |
0 |
1 |
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| Birth |
27 July 1834 → 189 years + 9 months ago |
| Lived |
71 years + 2 months |
| First mandate |
7 May 1897 → 126 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 62 years + 9 months |
| Death |
8 October 1905 → 118 years + 6 months ago |
| Exit → Death |
7 years + 3 months after 8 July 1898 |
| Special notes |
None
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| Family tie with other documented individual |
None
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Length of service in elected office
| Legislature |
Total |
Government |
Opposition |
| years |
months |
days |
years |
months |
days |
years |
months |
days |
| British Columbia |
1 |
2 |
0 |
Z |
Electoral history
| Documented challenger |
None
|
|
| Eligible: |
801 |
Votes: |
375 |
Participation: |
46.82% |
Candidacies: |
2 |
|
Provincial
7 |
British Columbia
7 May 1897
By-Election
First-past-the-post |
| Gov't |
GOV  |
| ID: 28758(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET |
|
✓ |
→ New to this legislature |
Age
62 |
OPPO |
1/2 |
206 |
54.93% |
+37 |
Loser: |
GOV |
169 |
45.07% |
Charles T. Higginson |
Service: 1 year 2 months 1 day (Oppo.) |
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| Eligible: |
811 |
Votes: |
547 |
Participation: |
67.45% |
Candidacies: |
2 |
|
Provincial
8 |
British Columbia
9 July 1898
General
First-past-the-post |
| Gov't |
GOV  |
| ID: 28777(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET |
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— |
Incumbent did not run in this election → |
Age
63 |
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Successor: |
OPPO |
301 |
55.03% |
Charles W. Munro |
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Online biographical reference
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Maurice Y. Michaud)
Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 29 Jul 2023 12:15 (but data presented dynamically)
