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♂ Richard Arthur Rigg
aliasRichard Arthur Rigg
Record
52653 · 13937

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 2 2
Manitoba 1 0 1
Total 1 2 3
Birth 5 January 1872 → 152 years + 3 months ago
Lived 92 years + 6 months
First mandate 6 August 1915 → 108 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 43 years + 7 months
Death 1 August 1964 → 59 years + 8 months ago
Exit → Death 46 years + 8 months after 15 November 1917
Special notes
None
 
Richard Arthur Rigg (1872–1964)
© 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 2 3 10 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
5 documented challengers
⊖ James H. Ashdown  m 
⊖ Solomon H. Green  m 
⊖ Elias R. Levinson  m 
 		 ⊖ Matthew R. Blake  m 
⊖ Alexander Haggart  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 23,128 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
12		 Manitoba
21 September 1911
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 21038(F) — 19 Mar 2022 13:12 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
39
SP
 3/3 2,325 10.05% -10,429 Winner:
CONS
 12,754 55.15% Alexander Haggart
Eligible: 8,093 Votes: 6,005 Participation: 74.20% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
15		 Manitoba
6 August 1915
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 37084(F) — 20 Mar 2022 01:44 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
43
SDP
 1/3 2,494 41.53% +231 Loser:
LIB
 2,263 37.69% Solomon H. Green
After his election:
15 Nov 1917 45
SDP
 →
Vac.
 Unsuccessfully ran federally
Service: 2 years 3 months 9 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 13,128 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
13		 Manitoba
17 December 1917
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UNIO  Majority
ID: 21395(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
45
LL
 2/2 3,472 26.45% -6,184 Winner:
UNIO
 9,656 73.55% Matthew R. Blake
Eligible: 8,093 Votes: 5,273 Participation: 65.16% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
15		 Manitoba
15 January 1918
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 37087(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
46		 Successor:
LIB
 2,912 55.22% Robert Jacob

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Rigg, Richard Arthur		 01 Apr 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Rigg, Richard Arthur		 01 Apr 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
Richard Arthur "Dickie" Rigg (1872-1964)		 01 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Richard Rigg (Canadian politician)		 01 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  1 Apr 2024 21:21 (but data presented dynamically)

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