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♂ Francis Hincks
aliasFrancis Hincks
Record
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Irish-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 2 1 3
Birth 14 December 1807 → 216 years + 4 months ago
Lived 77 years + 8 months
First mandate 13 November 1869 → 154 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 61 years + 10 months
Death 18 August 1885 → 138 years + 8 months ago
Exit → Death 11 years + 6 months after 21 January 1874
Special notes
None
 
Francis Hincks (1807–1885) 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 4 2 7

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 1–2
CONS
 1 Minister 61–65 09 Oct 1869 — 21 Feb 1873 3 4 12
2. CA 1–2
CONS
 1 Minister 61–65 09 Oct 1869 — 21 Feb 1873 3 4 12
 1. Finance
 2. President of the Treasury Board [Finance]

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
2 documented challengers
⊖ James Findlay  m 
 		 ⊖ William Paterson  m 
 
Eligible: 1,399 Votes: 1,000 Participation: 71.48% Candidacies: 2
Federal
1		 Ontario
13 November 1869
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 18451(F) — 27 Nov 2021 22:14 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
61
LC
 1/2 560 56.00% +120 Loser:
LIB
 440 44.00% James Findlay

Service: 2 years 8 months 6 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,494 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
2		 Ontario
20 July 1872
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Minority
ID: 18516(F) — 25 Jun 2023 15:16 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
64
LC
 2/2 1,116 44.75% -262 Winner:
LIB
 1,378 55.25% William Paterson
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
2		 British Columbia
20 July 1872
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Minority
 LIB  5 Nov 1873
ID: 18666(F) — 25 Jun 2023 11:57 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
64
LC
 1/1 By acclamation
After his election:
5 Nov 1873 65
LC
 →
LIB
 Change of government (became part of opposition)
Service: 1 year 6 months 1 day (Gov't & Oppo.)
Eligible: 553 Votes: 330 Participation: 59.67% Candidacies: 3
Federal
3		 British Columbia
22 January 1874
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18704(F) — 29 Jul 2023 00:06 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
66		 Successor:
LIB
 209 63.33% Arthur Bunster

Online biographical references (5)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Canadian Encyclopedia
Sir Francis Hincks		 25 Nov 2023
FR Encyclopédie canadienne
Hincks, sir Francis		 25 Nov 2023
EN Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Hincks, Sir Francis		 25 Nov 2023
FR Dictionnaire biographique du Canada
Hincks, sir Francis		 25 Nov 2023
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Sir Francis Hincks, , P.C.		 25 Nov 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. sir Francis Hincks, , C.P.		 25 Nov 2023
EN Wikipedia
Francis Hincks		 25 Nov 2023
FR Wikipédia
Francis Hincks		 25 Nov 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 25 Nov 2023 14:02 (but data presented dynamically)

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