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♂ Amos Wright
aliasAmos Wright
Record
66245 · 4937

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 0 1
Birth 24 November 1809 → 214 years + 5 months ago
Lived 76 years + 6 months
First mandate 14 August 1868 → 155 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 58 years + 8 months
Death 31 May 1886 → 137 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death 13 years + 10 months after 19 July 1872
Special notes
None
 
Amos Wright (1809–1886) 200x264
© 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 3 11 4

Electoral history

Race 1  
Path points 3  
Documented challenger
None
 
 
Eligible: 2,830 Votes: 2,048 Participation: 72.37% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
1		 Ontario
3 September 1867
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Minority
ID: 32680(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
57		 Successor:
LIB
 1,193 58.25% Hugh P. Crosby
Eligible: 2,243 Votes: 903 Participation: 40.26% Candidacies: 2
Federal
1		 Ontario
14 August 1868
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 18445(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
58
LIB
 1/2 654 72.43% +405 Loser:
IND
 249 27.57% John Bell

Service: 3 years 11 months 5 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,733 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
2		 Ontario
20 July 1872
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Minority
ID: 18593(F) — 25 Jun 2023 18:14 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
62		 Successor:
LIB
 973 56.15% David Blain

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Amos Wright		 24 Dec 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Amos Wright		 24 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
Amos Wright		 24 Dec 2023
FR Wikipédia
Amos Wright		 24 Dec 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 24 Dec 2023 21:58 (but data presented dynamically)

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