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♂ Curtis J. Bird
aliasCurtis J. Bird
Record
4927 · 13927

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Manitoba 2 0 2
Birth 1 February 1838 → 186 years + 2 months ago
Lived 38 years + 4 months
First mandate 27 December 1870 → 153 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 32 years + 10 months
Death 13 June 1876 → 147 years + 10 months ago
Died in office Yes
Special notes
None
 
Curtis J. Bird (1838–1876)
© 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 5 5 15 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. MB 1
GOV
 1 Speaker 35–36 05 Feb 1873 — 22 Dec 1874 1 10 17

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Hugh Pritchard  m  (2 runoffs)
 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 75 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
1		 Manitoba
27 December 1870
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Majority
ID: 28268(F) — 16 Oct 2023 19:21 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
32
IND
 1/2 38 50.67% +1 Loser:
IND
 37 49.33% Hugh Pritchard
After his election:
28 Dec 1870 32
IND
 →
GOV
 Changed allegiance ()
Service: 4 years 2 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 96 Votes: 76 Participation: 79.17% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
2		 Manitoba
30 December 1874
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28292(F) — 16 Oct 2023 19:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
36
IND
 1/2 42 55.26% +8 Loser:
IND
 34 44.74% Hugh Pritchard
After his election:
13 Jun 1876 38
IND
 →
Vac.
 Died in office
Service: 1 year 5 months 14 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
2		 Manitoba
25 November 1876
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Majority
ID: 28301(F) — 30 Sep 2021 00:08 ET
—
 Deceased
Age
38		 Successor:
IND
 Acclam. Alexander K. Black

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Bird, Curtis James		 31 Jan 2024
FR Dictionnaire biographique du Canada
Bird, Curtis James		 31 Jan 2024
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Bird, Curtis J.		 31 Jan 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Bird, Curtis J.		 31 Jan 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
Curtis James Bird (1838-1876)		 31 Jan 2024
EN Wikipedia
Curtis James Bird		 31 Jan 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 31 Jan 2024 21:54 (but data presented dynamically)

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