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♂ George Ashdown
aliasGeorge Ashdown
Record
1652 · 14319

Anglican   ∞1
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Manitoba 1 1 2
Birth 8 April 1851 → 173 years ago
Lived 88 years
First mandate 18 May 1906 → 117 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 55 years + 1 month
Death 14 April 1939 → 85 years ago
Exit → Death 32 years + 1 month after 6 March 1907
Special notes
None
 
George Ashdown (1851–1939)
© Photo Archives of Manitoba via the Manitoba Historical Society — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ James H. Ashdown (1844–1924) Brother  
 

Election or appointment outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate ✗
Legis. Council ✗
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Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve Morden, Manitoba (1900–1901; 1904)
Mun./Co. Council ✗
School Board ✗
Blank/Vide ✗

Length of service in elected office within the scope of PoliCan

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Manitoba 0 9 18 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Benjamin J. McConnell  m 
 
 
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
11		 Manitoba
18 May 1906
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 36890(F) — 14 Oct 2022 21:07 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
55
CONS
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 9 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 1,196 Votes: 998 Participation: 83.44% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
12		 Manitoba
7 March 1907
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 36914(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
55
CONS
 2/2 454 45.49% -90 Winner:
LIB
 544 54.51% Benjamin J. McConnell

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Ashdown, George		 01 Apr 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Ashdown, George		 01 Apr 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
George Ashdown (1851-1939)		 01 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
George Ashdown		 01 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  1 Apr 2024 13:14 (but data presented dynamically)

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