Canada's electoral history from 1867 to today

Mark Fortune
aliasMark Fortune
Record
20646 · 14048

   Presbyterian   
Type of record
Elected candidate
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate
Deceased Performance: 0%
 
Manitoba 0 1 1
Birth 2 November 1847 → 176 years + 5 months ago
Lived 64 years + 5 months
Only run 9 December 1886 → 137 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 39 years + 1 month
Death 15 April 1912 → 112 years ago
 
Special notes
None
 
Mark Fortune (1847–1912)
© Photo 1913 Story of Manitoba via the Manitoba Historical Society — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
Unsuccessful in his bid as the Liberal candidate for Woodlands in the 1886 Manitoba general election, Fortune died in the sinking of the Titanic in April 1912.
 

Electoral history

Race 1  
Path point 1  
2 documented challengers
John M. Robinson  m 
 
William Wagner  m 
 
Eligible: 1,009 Votes: 369 Participation: 36.57% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
6
Manitoba
9 December 1886
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 36498(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
Failed to enter this legislature
Age
39
LIB
3/3 74 20.05% -93 Winner:
CONS
167 45.26% John M. Robinson

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
Mark Fortune (1847-1912)
25 Feb 2024


© 2019, 2024 :: PoliCan.ca (Maurice Y. Michaud)
Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 25 Feb 2024 22:26 (but data presented dynamically)