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♂ Thomas Lewis Morton
aliasThomas Morton
Record
44916 · 14046

Anglican   ∞2
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Manitoba 4 2 6
Birth 10 June 1846 → 177 years + 10 months ago
Lived 67 years + 8 months
First mandate 11 July 1888 → 135 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 42 years + 1 month
Death 24 February 1914 → 110 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 10 years + 7 months after 19 July 1903
Special notes
None
 
Thomas Lewis Morton (1846–1914)
© Photo — Public domain
Family ties with other documented individuals
⊖ Robert Jacob (1879–1944) Son-in-law
⊖ William Morton (1884–1958) Son  
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Manitoba 15 0 3 Z

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 6  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Corydon P. Brown  m 
 		 ⊖ David Wilson  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 846 Votes: 427 Participation: 50.47% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
6		 Manitoba
9 December 1886
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 36495(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
40
LIB
 2/2 183 42.86% -61 Winner:
CONS
 244 57.14% Corydon P. Brown
Eligible: inc. Votes: 318 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
7		 Manitoba
11 July 1888
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 36544(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
42
ILIB
 1/2 192 60.38% +66 Loser:
CONS
 126 39.62% William McKelvey

Service: 4 years 11 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 719 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
8		 Manitoba
23 July 1892
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 36592(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
46
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 3 years 5 months 22 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 1,031 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
9		 Manitoba
15 January 1896
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 36639(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
49
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 3 years 10 months 21 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 1,415 Votes: 1,068 Participation: 75.48% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
10		 Manitoba
7 December 1899
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 36726(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
LIB
 1/2 603 56.46% +138 Loser:
CONS
 465 43.54% David Wilson

Service: 3 years 7 months 12 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 1,701 Votes: 1,522 Participation: 89.48% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
11		 Manitoba
20 July 1903
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 36869(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
57
LIB
 2/2 693 45.53% -136 Winner:
CONS
 829 54.47% David Wilson

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Morton, Thomas Lewis		 21 Apr 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Morton, Thomas Lewis		 21 Apr 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
Thomas Lewis Morton (1846-1914)		 21 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Thomas Lewis Morton		 21 Apr 2024

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