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♂ Samuel Jacob Thompson
aliasSamuel Jacob Thompson
Record
61093 · 14039

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
Manitoba 2 1 3
Total 2 2 4
Birth 2 September 1845 → 178 years + 7 months ago
Lived 64 years + 3 months
First mandate 9 December 1886 → 137 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 41 years + 3 months
Death 2 December 1909 → 114 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 17 years + 4 months after 22 July 1892
Special notes
None
 
Samuel Jacob Thompson (1845–1909)
© 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 5 7 11 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Thomas W. Gilbert  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ William D. Staples  m 
 		 ⊖ Robert F. Lyons  m 
 
Eligible: 1,065 Votes: 606 Participation: 56.90% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
6		 Manitoba
9 December 1886
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 36485(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
41
LIB
 1/2 316 52.15% +26 Loser:
CONS
 290 47.85% Thomas W. Gilbert

Service: 1 year 7 months 1 day (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 654 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
7		 Manitoba
11 July 1888
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 36532(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
42
LIB
 1/2 345 52.75% +36 Loser:
CONS
 309 47.25% Thomas W. Gilbert

Service: 4 years 11 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 1,480 Votes: 1,206 Participation: 81.49% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
8		 Manitoba
23 July 1892
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 36579(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
46
LIB
 2/2 562 46.60% -82 Winner:
CONS
 644 53.40% Robert F. Lyons
Eligible: 7,063 Votes: 5,461 Participation: 77.32% Candidacies: 2
Federal
11		 Manitoba
26 October 1908
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20794(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
63
LIB
 2/2 2,414 44.67% -576 Winner:
CONS
 2,990 55.33% William D. Staples

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Thompson, Samuel Jacob		 01 Apr 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Thompson, Samuel Jacob		 01 Apr 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
Samuel Jacob Thompson (1845-1909)		 01 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Samuel Thompson (Canadian politician)		 01 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  1 Apr 2024 20:59 (but data presented dynamically)

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