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♂ David H. McFadden
aliasDavid H. McFadden
Record
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Irish-Canadian    Protestant   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 78%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Manitoba 7 2 9
Birth 17 February 1856 → 168 years + 2 months ago
Lived 79 years
First mandate 23 July 1892 → 131 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 36 years + 5 months
Death 21 February 1935 → 89 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 19 years + 6 months after 5 August 1915
Special notes
None
 
David H. McFadden (1856–1935)
© Photo 1902 Representative Men 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 19 7 12 Z

Electoral history

Races 9  
Path points 10  
7 documented challengers
⊖ George Christie  m 
⊖ Robert Hamilton  m 
⊖ James Thomson  m 
⊖ Dmytro Yakimischak  m 
 		 ⊖ Robert F. Curran  m 
⊖ William R. Mulock  m 
⊖ George Walton  m  (4 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 752 Votes: 646 Participation: 85.90% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
8		 Manitoba
23 July 1892
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 36567(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
36
CONS
 1/2 330 51.08% +14 Loser:
LIB
 316 48.92% James Thomson

Service: 3 years 5 months 22 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 852 Votes: 633 Participation: 74.30% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
9		 Manitoba
15 January 1896
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 36613(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
39
CONS
 1/3 232 36.65% +29 Loser:
PATI
 203 32.07% G. Ross

Service: 3 years 10 months 21 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 926 Votes: 804 Participation: 86.83% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
10		 Manitoba
7 December 1899
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 36700(F) — 17 Mar 2022 20:01 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
CONS
 1/2 459 57.09% +114 Loser:
LIB
 345 42.91% Robert Hamilton
After his election:
10 Jan 1900 43
CONS
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran in a ministerial by-election
Service: 1 month 3 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 926 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
10		 Manitoba
30 January 1900
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 36731(F) — 14 Oct 2022 20:54 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
CONS
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 3 years 5 months 19 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 1,013 Votes: 930 Participation: 91.81% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
11		 Manitoba
20 July 1903
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 36855(F) — 24 Dec 2021 19:05 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
CONS
 1/3 436 46.88% +19 Loser:
LIB
 417 44.84% George Walton

Service: 3 years 7 months 14 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 1,298 Votes: 1,059 Participation: 81.59% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
12		 Manitoba
7 March 1907
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 36902(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
51
CONS
 2/2 477 45.04% -105 Winner:
LIB
 582 54.96% George Walton
Eligible: 1,830 Votes: 1,523 Participation: 83.22% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
13		 Manitoba
11 July 1910
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 36951(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
54
CONS
 1/2 766 50.30% +9 Loser:
LIB
 757 49.70% George Walton

Service: 3 years 11 months 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 2,415 Votes: 2,018 Participation: 83.56% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
14		 Manitoba
10 July 1914
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 36999(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
58
CONS
 1/2 1,032 51.14% +46 Loser:
LIB
 986 48.86% George Walton

Service: 1 year 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 2,535 Votes: 1,641 Participation: 64.73% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
15		 Manitoba
6 August 1915
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 37050(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
59		 Successor:
LIB
 1,181 71.97% John D. Baskerville
Eligible: 4,178 Votes: 2,566 Participation: 61.42% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
17		 Manitoba
18 July 1922
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PROG  Majority
ID: 37198(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
66
CONS
 2/4 567 22.10% -431 Winner:
IF
 998 38.89% Dmytro Yakimischak

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
McFadden, David Henry		 25 Feb 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
McFadden, David Henry		 25 Feb 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
David Henry McFadden (1856-1935)		 25 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
David Henry McFadden		 25 Feb 2024

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