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♂ Thomas R. Merritt
aliasThomas R. Merritt
Record
43072 · 4933

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 2 0 2
Birth 17 October 1824 → 199 years + 6 months ago
Lived 81 years + 2 months
First mandate 13 April 1868 → 156 years + 19 days ago
↳ at age 43 years + 5 months
Death 11 January 1906 → 118 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 31 years + 11 months after 21 January 1874
Special notes
None
 
Thomas R. Merritt (1824–1906) 200x323
© Photo — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 5 9 7

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
Documented challenger
None
 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 840 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
1		 Ontario
13 April 1868
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 18443(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
43
LIB
 1/2 720 85.71% +600 Loser:
IND
 120 14.29% O.S. Phillips

Service: 4 years 3 months 6 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,673 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
2		 Ontario
20 July 1872
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Minority
ID: 18550(F) — 25 Jun 2023 16:49 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
LIB
 1/2 1,118 66.83% +563 Loser:
IND
 555 33.17% J. McKowins
After his election:
5 Nov 1873 49
CONS
 →
LIB
 Changed allegiance ()
Service: 1 year 6 months 1 day (Oppo.)
Eligible: 3,861 Votes: 2,831 Participation: 73.32% Candidacies: 2
Federal
3		 Ontario
22 January 1874
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18784(F) — 10 Nov 2022 07:40 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
49		 Successor:
LIB
 1,493 52.74% James Norris

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Merritt, Thomas Rodman		 25 Nov 2023
FR Dictionnaire biographique du Canada
Merritt, Thomas Rodman		 25 Nov 2023
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Thomas Rodman Merritt, M.P.		 25 Nov 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Thomas Rodman Merritt, député		 25 Nov 2023
EN Wikipedia
Thomas Rodman Merritt		 25 Nov 2023
FR Wikipédia
Thomas Rodman Merritt		 25 Nov 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 25 Nov 2023 07:49 (but data presented dynamically)

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