Canada's electoral history from 1867 to today
Base → People → Search & Find → Full profile → Henry J. Tennant

♂ Henry J. Tennant
aliasHenry J. Tennant
Record
60511 · 14015

∞1
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Manitoba 1 1 2
Birth 2 July 1839 → 184 years + 9 months ago
Lived 74 years + 4 months
First mandate 23 January 1883 → 141 years + 3 months ago
↳ at age 43 years + 6 months
Death 8 November 1913 → 110 years + 5 months ago
Exit → Death 26 years + 11 months after 8 December 1886
Special notes
None
 
Henry J. Tennant (1839–1913)
© Photo c.1883–86 Archives of Manitoba via the Manitoba Historical Society — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Henry J. Tennant (1876–1930) Son  
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Manitoba 3 10 15 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Alphonse-Fortunat Martin  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ William O. Smith  m 
 
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
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
43
CONS
 1/3 204 42.86% +66 Loser:
LIB
 138 28.99% Alphonse-Fortunat Martin

Service: 3 years 10 months 15 days (Gov't)
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
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
47
CONS
 2/3 170 30.20% -79 Winner:
LIB
 249 44.23% Alphonse-Fortunat Martin

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
Henry James Tennant		 12 Jan 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
Henry James Tennant (1839-1913)		 12 Jan 2024
EN Wikipedia
Henry Tennant (Canadian politician)		 12 Jan 2024

© 2019, 2024 :: PoliCan.ca (Maurice Y. Michaud)
Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 12 Jan 2024 20:08 (but data presented dynamically)

© 2019-2024 :: PoliCan.ca
Given that electoral results are by their very nature public information, such data that can be found in PoliCan are considered to be in the public domain. However, unless indicated otherwise, all other elements — the concept of consolidating these data into a single format, the detailed research on each election, legislature and candidate, the organization and searchability of the data, the programming allowing the entry and maintenance of the data, as well as the analyses and explanatory articles found in this website — are the intellectual property of Maurice Y. Michaud.