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♂ Charles F. Houghton
aliasCharles F. Houghton
Record
28296 · 4980

Irish-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 0 1
Birth 26 April 1839 → 185 years ago
Lived 59 years + 3 months
First mandate 19 December 1871 → 152 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 32 years + 7 months
Death 13 August 1898 → 125 years + 8 months ago
Exit → Death 26 years + 25 days after 19 July 1872
Special notes
None
 
Charles F. Houghton (1839–1898) 200x261
© 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 0 7 0

Electoral history

Race 1  
Path points 2  
Documented challenger
n/a
 
 
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
1		 British Columbia
19 December 1871
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 18478(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
32
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 7 months (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 62 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
2		 British Columbia
20 July 1872
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Minority
ID: 18668(F) — 23 Jul 2023 14:48 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
33		 Successor:
CONS
 43 69.35% Edgar Dewdney

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Houghton, Charles Frederick		 24 Dec 2023
FR Dictionnaire biographique du Canada
Houghton, Charles Frederick		 24 Dec 2023
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Charles Frederick Houghton, M.P.		 24 Dec 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Charles Frederick Houghton, député		 24 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
Charles Frederick Houghton		 24 Dec 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 24 Dec 2023 18:24 (but data presented dynamically)

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