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♂ Mackenzie Bowell
aliasMackenzie Bowell
Record
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Presbyterian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 8 0 8
Birth 27 December 1823 → 200 years + 4 months ago
Lived 93 years + 11 months
First mandate 7 August 1867 → 156 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 43 years + 7 months
Death 10 December 1917 → 106 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 25 years + 6 days after 4 December 1892
Special notes
None
 
Mackenzie Bowell (1823–1917) 200x294
© 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 25 3 3

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 4–7
CONS
 1 Minister 54–68 19 Oct 1878 — 24 Jan 1892 13 3 5
2. CA 7
CONS
 1 Minister 67–68 17 Jun 1891 — 10 Jan 1892 0 6 24
3. CA 7
CONS
 1 Minister 68 25 Jan 1892 — 24 Nov 1892 0 9 30
4. CA 7
CONS
 1 Minister 68–70 05 Dec 1892 — 12 Dec 1894 2 0 7
5. CA 7
CONS
 1 Party leader 70–72 21 Dec 1894 — 27 Apr 1896 1 4 6
6. CA 7
CONS
 1 Prime Minister 70–72 21 Dec 1894 — 27 Apr 1896 1 4 6
7. CA 7
CONS
 1 ✓ Minister 72 06 Jan 1896 — 14 Jan 1896 0 0 8
8. CA 7
CONS
 1 ✓ Minister 72 06 Jan 1896 — 14 Jan 1896 0 0 8
9. CA 7
CONS
 2 ✓ Minister 72 06 Jan 1896 — 14 Jan 1896 0 0 8
10. CA 7
CONS
 1 ✓ Minister 72 06 Jan 1896 — 14 Jan 1896 0 0 8
 1. Customs
 2. Railways and Canals
 3. Militia and Defence
 4. Trade and Commerce
 7. Receiver General [Finance] [Int]
 8. Finance [Int]
 9. Militia and Defence [Int]
10. President of the Treasury Board [Finance] [Int]

Electoral history

Races 8  
Path points 9  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Thomas C. Wallbridge  m  (2 runoffs)
 
 
Eligible: 1,892 Votes: 1,565 Participation: 82.72% Candidacies: 3
Federal
1		 Ontario
7 August 1867
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 17646(F) — 29 Jul 2023 17:53 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
43
CONS
 1/3 928 59.30% +292 Loser:
LIB
 636 40.64% Thomas C. Wallbridge

Service: 4 years 11 months 12 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,325 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
2		 Ontario
20 July 1872
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Minority
 LIB  5 Nov 1873
ID: 18538(F) — 29 Jul 2023 17:53 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
48
CONS
 1/2 766 57.81% +207 Loser:
LIB
 559 42.19% Thomas C. Wallbridge
After his election:
5 Nov 1873 49
CONS
 →
LIB
 Change of government (became part of opposition)
Service: 1 year 6 months 1 day (Gov't & Oppo.)
Eligible: 1,916 Votes: 1,599 Participation: 83.46% Candidacies: 2
Federal
3		 Ontario
22 January 1874
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18771(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
CONS
 1/2 847 52.97% +95 Loser:
IND
 752 47.03% O. Flyn

Service: 4 years 7 months 25 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 3,183 Votes: 2,317 Participation: 72.79% Candidacies: 2
Federal
4		 Ontario
17 September 1878
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19057(F) — 21 Jan 2022 19:44 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
54
CONS
 1/2 1,249 55.34% +241 Loser:
LIB
 1,008 44.66% E.D. O'Flynn
After his election:
18 Oct 1878 54
CONS
 →
Vac.
 Election cancelled/Unseated
Service: 1 month 1 day (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,183 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
4		 Ontario
6 November 1878
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19599(F) — 11 Oct 2022 17:11 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
54
CONS
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 3 years 7 months 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,465 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
5		 Ontario
20 June 1882
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19253(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
58
CONS
 1/2 1,408 57.12% +351 Loser:
IND
 1,057 42.88% William Coe

Service: 4 years 8 months 1 day (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,405 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
6		 Ontario
22 February 1887
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19459(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
63
CONS
 1/2 1,723 71.64% +1,041 Loser:
LIB
 682 28.36% H.H. Sutton

Service: 4 years 10 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,166 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
7		 Ontario
5 March 1891
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19811(F) — 22 Jan 2022 13:12 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
67
CONS
 1/2 1,686 53.25% +206 Loser:
LIB
 1,480 46.75% Peter Vankleek
After his election:
4 Dec 1892 68
CONS
 →
Vac.
 To accept an appointment (judge, senator, etc.)
Service: 1 year 8 months 29 days (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
7		 Ontario
20 December 1892
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19995(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
68		 Successor:
CONS
 Acclam. Alexander A.W. Carscallen

Online biographical references (5)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Canadian Encyclopedia
Sir Mackenzie Bowell		 13 Nov 2023
FR Encyclopédie canadienne
Sir Mackenzie Bowell		 13 Nov 2023
EN Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Bowell, Sir Mackenzie		 13 Nov 2023
FR Dictionnaire biographique du Canada
Bowell, sir Mackenzie		 13 Nov 2023
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Sir Mackenzie Bowell, P.C., K.C.M.G., M.P., Senator		 13 Nov 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. sir Mackenzie Bowell, C.P., K.C.M.G., député, sénateur		 13 Nov 2023
EN Wikipedia
Mackenzie Bowell		 13 Nov 2023
FR Wikipédia
Mackenzie Bowell		 13 Nov 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 13 Nov 2023 17:10 (but data presented dynamically)

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