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♂ Francis E. Cornish
aliasFrancis E. Cornish
Record
12632 · 13952

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 0 1 1
Manitoba 1 0 1
Total 1 1 2
Birth 1 February 1831 → 193 years + 2 months ago
Lived 47 years + 9 months
First mandate 30 December 1874 → 149 years + 3 months ago
↳ at age 43 years + 10 months
Death 28 November 1878 → 145 years + 4 months ago
Died in office Yes
Special notes
None
 
Francis E. Cornish (1831–1878)
© Photo 1878 — 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 3 10 29 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
1 documented challenger
⊖ John Carling  m 
 
 
Eligible: 2,704 Votes: 1,543 Participation: 57.06% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
2		 Ontario
21 March 1871
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Minority
ID: 32723(F) — 22 Jul 2023 19:43 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
40
LIB
 2/2 558 36.16% -427 Winner:
LC
 985 63.84% John Carling
Eligible: 176 Votes: 157 Participation: 89.20% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
2		 Manitoba
30 December 1874
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28279(F) — 6 Feb 2023 09:18 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
43
IND
 1/2 92 58.60% +27 Loser:
IND
 65 41.40% Robert Hastie
After his election:
31 Dec 1874 43
IND
 →
OPPO
 Changed allegiance ()
28 Nov 1878 47
OPPO
 →
Vac.
 Died in office
Service: 3 years 10 months 29 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 574 Votes: 268 Participation: 46.69% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
3		 Manitoba
18 December 1878
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Majority
ID: 28307(F) — 5 Feb 2023 23:26 ET
—
 Deceased
Age
47		 Successor:
IND
 162 60.45% Kenneth McKenzie

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
Francis Evans "Frank" Cornish (1831-1878)		 02 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Francis Evans Cornish		 02 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  2 Feb 2024 21:04 (but data presented dynamically)

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