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♂ Tobias C. Norris
aliasTobias C. Norris
Record
46513 · 13942

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 83%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
Manitoba 10 1 11
Total 10 2 12
Birth 5 September 1861 → 162 years + 7 months ago
Lived 75 years + 1 month
First mandate 15 January 1896 → 128 years + 3 months ago
↳ at age 34 years + 4 months
Death 29 October 1936 → 87 years + 5 months ago
Exit → Death 8 years + 7 months after 14 March 1928
Special notes
None
 
Tobias C. Norris (1861–1936) 200x233
© Photo 1921 Legislative Assembly, Manitoba — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ John S. Crawford (1837–1916) Uncle  
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Manitoba 28 3 24 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. MB 12–14
LIB
 1 Opposition Leader 48–53 10 Feb 1910 — 11 May 1915 5 3 1
2. MB 12–17
LIB
 1 Party leader 48–65 05 Apr 1910 — 19 Mar 1927 16 11 14
3. MB 14–16
LIB
 1 Premier 53–60 13 May 1915 — 17 Jul 1922 7 2 4
4. MB 17
LIB
 2 Opposition Leader 61–65 18 Jan 1923 — 04 Jun 1927 4 4 17

Electoral history

Races 12  
Path points 13  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Ellis D. Alder  m 
⊖ Robert Rogers  m 
 		 ⊖ Harvey E. Hicks  m  (3 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 1,461 Votes: 943 Participation: 64.54% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
9		 Manitoba
15 January 1896
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 36618(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
34
LIB
 1/2 591 62.67% +239 Loser:
CONS
 352 37.33% J.R. Todd

Service: 3 years 10 months 21 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 1,678 Votes: 1,312 Participation: 78.19% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
10		 Manitoba
7 December 1899
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 36705(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
38
LIB
 1/2 672 51.22% +32 Loser:
CONS
 640 48.78% A. Fenwick

Service: 3 years 7 months 12 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 1,987 Votes: 1,814 Participation: 91.29% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
11		 Manitoba
20 July 1903
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 36861(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
41
LIB
 2/2 899 49.56% -16 Winner:
CONS
 915 50.44% Harvey E. Hicks
Eligible: 2,066 Votes: 1,622 Participation: 78.51% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
12		 Manitoba
7 March 1907
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 36911(F) — 19 Mar 2022 17:57 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
45
LIB
 1/2 859 52.96% +96 Loser:
CONS
 763 47.04% Harvey E. Hicks

Service: 3 years 4 months 3 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 2,459 Votes: 2,140 Participation: 87.03% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
13		 Manitoba
11 July 1910
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 36960(F) — 7 Oct 2021 13:20 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
48
LIB
 1/2 1,196 55.89% +252 Loser:
CONS
 944 44.11% W. Fenwick

Service: 3 years 11 months 28 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 2,608 Votes: 2,298 Participation: 88.11% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
14		 Manitoba
10 July 1914
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 37008(F) — 7 Oct 2021 13:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
52
LIB
 1/2 1,371 59.66% +444 Loser:
CONS
 927 40.34% William J. Lundy

Service: 1 year 26 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 2,519 Votes: 1,926 Participation: 76.46% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
15		 Manitoba
6 August 1915
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 37062(F) — 7 Oct 2021 13:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
53
LIB
 1/2 1,334 69.26% +742 Loser:
CONS
 592 30.74% William J. Lundy

Service: 4 years 10 months 22 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,057 Votes: 2,666 Participation: 65.71% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
16		 Manitoba
29 June 1920
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 37163(F) — 7 Oct 2021 13:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
58
LIB
 1/2 1,752 65.72% +838 Loser:
CONS
 914 34.28% Harvey E. Hicks

Service: 2 years 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,112 Votes: 2,899 Participation: 70.50% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
17		 Manitoba
18 July 1922
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PROG  Majority
ID: 37212(F) — 20 Mar 2022 15:45 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
60
LIB
 1/2 1,680 57.95% +461 Loser:
PROG
 1,219 42.05% John M. Allen
After his election:
1 Oct 1925 64
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Unsuccessfully ran federally
Service: 3 years 2 months 13 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 17,271 Votes: 15,623 Participation: 90.46% Candidacies: 3
Federal
15		 Manitoba
29 October 1925
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 21834(F) — 26 Jun 2023 20:12 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
64
LIB
 2/3 5,400 34.56% -1,617 Winner:
LC
 7,017 44.91% Robert Rogers
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
17		 Manitoba
9 December 1925
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PROG  Majority
ID: 37285(F) — 7 Oct 2021 13:26 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus (Party leader)
Age
64
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 1 year 6 months 18 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 3,988 Votes: 2,497 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
18		 Manitoba
28 June 1927
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  PROG  Majority
ID: 37310(F) — 20 Mar 2022 18:51 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
65
LIB
 1/2 1,947 77.97% +1,397 Loser:
CONS
 550 22.03% Ellis D. Alder
After his election:
14 Mar 1928 66
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Left provincial politics
Service: 8 months 15 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 3,988 Votes: 2,787 Participation: 69.88% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
18		 Manitoba
10 November 1928
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PROG  Majority
ID: 37332(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
67		 Successor:
PROG
 1,527 54.79% Donald G. McKenzie

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Norris, Tobias Crawford		 25 Dec 2023
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Norris, Tobias Crawford		 25 Dec 2023
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
Tobias Crawford Norris (1861-1936)		 25 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
Tobias Norris		 25 Dec 2023
FR Wikipédia
Tobias Crawford Norris		 25 Dec 2023

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