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♂ Alphonse-Fortunat Martin
aliasAlphonse-Fortunat Martin
Record
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Roman Catholic   ∞1
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Manitoba 4 4 8
Birth 14 May 1849 → 174 years + 11 months ago
Lived 55 years + 8 months
First mandate 30 December 1874 → 149 years + 3 months ago
↳ at age 25 years + 7 months
Death 8 February 1905 → 119 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 9 years + 25 days after 14 January 1896
Special notes
None
 
Alphonse-Fortunat Martin (1849–1905)
© Photo Archives of Manitoba via the Manitoba Historical Society — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Édouard-Onésiphore Martin (1841–1889) Brother  
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Manitoba 13 0 20 Z

Electoral history

Races 8  
Path points 9  
6 documented challengers
⊖ William Dease  m 
⊖ Rodmond P. Roblin  m 
⊖ Joseph N. Taillefer  m 
 		 ⊖ Stewart Mulvey  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ William O. Smith  m 
⊖ Henry J. Tennant  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 322 Votes: 154 Participation: 47.83% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
2		 Manitoba
30 December 1874
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28295(F) — 6 Feb 2023 09:42 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
25
IND
 1/3 94 61.04% +36 Loser:
IND
 58 37.66% Cotton W. Almon
After his election:
31 Dec 1874 25
IND
 →
OPPO
 Changed allegiance ()
Service: 3 years 11 months 17 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 1,039 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
3		 Manitoba
18 December 1878
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Majority
ID: 28323(F) — 5 Feb 2023 23:53 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
29		 Successor:
IND
 Acclam. Joseph N. Taillefer
Eligible: inc. Votes: 307 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
4		 Manitoba
16 December 1879
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 28352(F) — 5 Feb 2023 19:36 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
30
IND
 3/3 36 11.73% -117 Winner:
IND
 153 49.84% Joseph N. Taillefer
Eligible: inc. Votes: 476 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
5		 Manitoba
23 January 1883
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 28380(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
33
LIB
 2/3 138 28.99% -66 Winner:
CONS
 204 42.86% Henry J. Tennant
Eligible: 1,962 Votes: 563 Participation: 28.70% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
6		 Manitoba
9 December 1886
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 36483(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
37
LIB
 1/3 249 44.23% +79 Loser:
CONS
 170 30.20% Henry J. Tennant

Service: 1 year 7 months 1 day (Oppo.)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
7		 Manitoba
11 July 1888
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 36530(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
39
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 4 years 11 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 1,055 Votes: 905 Participation: 85.78% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
8		 Manitoba
23 July 1892
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 36577(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
ILIB
 1/2 465 51.38% +25 Loser:
IND
 440 48.62% Stewart Mulvey

Service: 3 years 5 months 22 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 1,339 Votes: 986 Participation: 73.64% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
9		 Manitoba
15 January 1896
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 36623(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
46
CONS
 2/2 431 43.71% -124 Winner:
LIB
 555 56.29% Stewart Mulvey
Eligible: 1,232 Votes: 970 Participation: 78.73% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
10		 Manitoba
7 December 1899
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 36730(F) — 17 Mar 2022 20:05 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
50
LIB
 2/2 407 41.96% -156 Winner:
CONS
 563 58.04% Rodmond P. Roblin

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Martin, Alphonse Fortunat		 02 Feb 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Martin, Alphonse Fortunat		 02 Feb 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
Alphonse Fortunat Martin (1849-1905)		 02 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Alphonse-Fortunat Martin		 02 Feb 2024

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