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♂ Alonzo Wright
aliasAlonzo Wright
Record
66244 · 5007

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 6 0 6
Birth 28 April 1821 → 203 years ago
Lived 72 years + 8 months
First mandate 7 August 1867 → 156 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 46 years + 3 months
Death 7 January 1894 → 130 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 2 years + 10 months after 4 March 1891
Special notes
Wright was the member for Ottawa (Canada East) in the legislative assembly of the Province of Canada from 1863 to 1867.
 
Alonzo Wright (1821–1894)
© Photo — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Election or appointment outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. Canada East (1863–1867)
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
Canada 23 6 21

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 8  
Documented challenger
None
 
 
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
1		 Québec
7 August 1867
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 17761(F) — 27 Nov 2021 22:05 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
46
LC
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 4 years 11 months 12 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,486 Votes: 3,096 Participation: 69.01% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
1		 Québec
15 September 1867
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 14822(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:34 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
46		 Successor:
CONS
 1,881 60.76% Levi R. Church
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
2		 Québec
20 July 1872
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Minority
 LIB  5 Nov 1873
ID: 18635(F) — 25 Jun 2023 22:08 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
LC
 1/1 By acclamation
After his election:
5 Nov 1873 52
LC
 →
LIB
 Change of government (became part of opposition)
Service: 1 year 6 months 1 day (Gov't & Oppo.)
Eligible: 6,151 Votes: 2,499 Participation: 40.63% Candidacies: 2
Federal
3		 Québec
22 January 1874
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18871(F) — 28 Nov 2021 10:52 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
LC
 1/2 1,783 71.35% +1,067 Loser:
IND
 716 28.65% F.S. MacKay

Service: 4 years 7 months 25 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 7,165 Votes: 4,893 Participation: 68.29% Candidacies: 2
Federal
4		 Québec
17 September 1878
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19160(F) — 28 Nov 2021 14:17 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
57
LC
 1/2 3,025 68.59% +1,640 Loser:
IND
 1,385 31.41% J.A. Cameron

Service: 3 years 9 months 2 days (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
5		 Québec
20 June 1882
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19356(F) — 28 Nov 2021 16:05 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
61
LC
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 4 years 8 months 1 day (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 4,414 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
6		 Québec
22 February 1887
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19564(F) — 28 Nov 2021 17:55 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
65
LC
 1/2 2,630 59.58% +846 Loser:
LIB
 1,784 40.42% A.S.C. Papineau

Service: 4 years 10 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 5,572 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
7		 Québec
5 March 1891
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19916(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
69		 Successor:
LIB
 2,993 53.72% Charles R. Devlin

Online biographical references (5)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Wright, Alonzo		 07 Apr 2024
FR Dictionnaire biographique du Canada
Wright, Alonzo		 07 Apr 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Alonzo Wright		 07 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Alonzo Wright		 07 Apr 2024
FR Quebec National Assembly
Alonzo Wright		 07 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Alonzo Wright		 07 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Alonzo Wright		 07 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  7 Apr 2024 10:06 (but data presented dynamically)

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