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♂ Richard W. Craig
aliasRichard W. Craig
Record
13249 · 14681

Presbyterian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Manitoba 1 0 1
Birth 26 August 1877 → 146 years + 8 months ago
Lived 88 years + 10 months
First mandate 18 July 1922 → 101 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 44 years + 10 months
Death 16 July 1966 → 57 years + 9 months ago
Exit → Death 39 years + 19 days after 27 June 1927
Special notes
None
 
Richard W. Craig (1877–1966)
© Photo Archives of Manitoba via the Manitoba Historical Society — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Election or appointment outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate ✗
Legis. Council ✗
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Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve ✗
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 4 11 9 Z

Electoral history

Race 1  
Path points 2  
28 documented challengers
⊖ George Armstrong  m 
⊖ George F. Chipman  m 
⊖ William J. Donovan  m 
⊖ Bernard B. Dubienski  m 
⊖ William S. Evans  m 
⊖ John T. Haig  m 
⊖ William Ivens  m 
⊖ Daniel McLean  m 
⊖ William C. Morden  m 
⊖ Charles K. Newcombe  m 
⊖ Arthur W. Puttee  m 
⊖ Edith F. Rogers  f 
⊖ Arthur Sullivan  m 
⊖ William J. Tupper  m 
 		 ⊖ Duncan Cameron  m 
⊖ Frederick J. Dixon  m 
⊖ John K. Downes  m 
⊖ Árni Eggertsson  m 
⊖ Seymour J. Farmer  m 
⊖ Martha J.R. Hample  f 
⊖ Robert Jacob  m 
⊖ William R. Milton  m 
⊖ Thomas J. Murray  m 
⊖ Matthew Popovitch  m 
⊖ John Queen  m 
⊖ James Simpkin  m 
⊖ Walter H. Trueman  m 
⊖ James Winning  m 
 
Eligible: 61,662 Votes: 44,328 Participation: 71.89% Candidacies: 43
Provincial
17		 Manitoba
18 July 1922
General
Single trans. vote (10)
Gov't  PROG  Majority
ID: 37233(F) — 24 Sep 2023 10:44 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
44
PROG
 10/43 1,179 2.66% -416 Loser:
LIB
 1,595 3.60% Duncan Cameron

Service: 4 years 11 months 9 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 67,124 Votes: 50,706 Participation: 62.30% Candidacies: 25
Provincial
18		 Manitoba
28 June 1927
General
Single trans. vote (10)
Gov't  PROG  Majority
ID: 37331(F) — 3 Sep 2023 09:46 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
49		 Successor:
PROG
 2,236 4.41% Edward W. Montgomery

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Craig, Richard W.		 09 Mar 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Craig, Richard W.		 09 Mar 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
Richard W. Craig (1877-1966)		 09 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Richard Craig (politician)		 09 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  9 Mar 2024 12:31 (but data presented dynamically)

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