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♂ Henry J.H. Clarke
aliasHenry J.H. Clarke
Record
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Irish-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Manitoba 1 2 3
Birth 7 July 1833 → 190 years + 9 months ago
Lived 56 years + 2 months
First mandate 27 December 1870 → 153 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 37 years + 5 months
Death 13 September 1889 → 134 years + 7 months ago
Exit → Death 14 years + 8 months after 29 December 1874
Special notes
None
 
Henry J.H. Clarke (1833–1889)
© Photo Archives of Manitoba via the Manitoba Historical Society — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Manitoba 4 0 2 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. MB 1
GOV
 1 Premier 38–41 14 Mar 1872 — 07 Jul 1874 2 3 23

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
2 documented challengers
⊖ J. Somerset Aikins  m 
 		 ⊖ Thomas Lusted  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
1		 Manitoba
27 December 1870
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Majority
ID: 28261(F) — 6 Feb 2023 12:55 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
37
IND
 1/1 By acclamation
After his election:
28 Dec 1870 37
IND
 →
GOV
 Changed allegiance ()
Service: 4 years 2 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 149 Votes: 137 Participation: 91.95% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
2		 Manitoba
30 December 1874
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28285(F) — 6 Feb 2023 09:28 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
41		 Successor:
IND
 84 61.31% Alexander (Sandy) Murray
Eligible: inc. Votes: 287 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
3		 Manitoba
18 December 1878
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Majority
ID: 28310(F) — 5 Feb 2023 23:37 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
45
IND
 2/2 104 36.24% -79 Winner:
IND
 183 63.76% Thomas Lusted
Eligible: inc. Votes: 286 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
4		 Manitoba
16 December 1879
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 28338(F) — 5 Feb 2023 19:44 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
46
IND
 3/3 65 22.73% -60 Winner:
LICO
 125 43.71% J. Somerset Aikins

Online biographical references (5)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Clarke, Henry Joseph		 31 Jan 2024
FR Dictionnaire biographique du Canada
Clarke, Henry Joseph		 31 Jan 2024
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Clarke, Henry James, QC		 31 Jan 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Clarke, Henry James, c.r.		 31 Jan 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
Henry Joseph Hynes Clarke (1833-1889)		 31 Jan 2024
EN Wikipedia
Henry Joseph Clarke		 31 Jan 2024
FR Wikipédia
Henry Hynes Clarke		 31 Jan 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 31 Jan 2024 22:42 (but data presented dynamically)

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