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♂ Louis David Riel
aliasLouis David Riel
Record
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☆   Roman Catholic    Metis   ∞1
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased
A Father of Confederation 		Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 3 0 3
Birth 23 October 1844 → 179 years + 6 months ago
Lived 41 years
First mandate 13 October 1873 → 150 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 28 years + 11 months
Death 16 November 1885 → 138 years + 5 months ago
Exit → Death 10 years + 8 months after 25 February 1875
Conferences Confederation conferences attended
representing Manitoba:
✗ Charlottetown (September 1864)
✗ Québec (October 1864)
✗ London (December 1866)

Riel was certainly not considered a Father of Confederation in his time!
Special notes
None
 
Louis David Riel (1844–1885)
© Photo — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Roger-Joseph Teillet (1912–2002) Grand-nephew  
 
Well that's interesting!
Regarded in his time as a rebel and an outlaw, Riel has in recent years been accepted as a Father of Confederation for his role in establishing a provisional government in the Red River Colony, which became the province of Manitoba in 1870.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 0 11 24

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
Documented challenger
None
 
 
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
2		 Manitoba
13 October 1873
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
 LIB  5 Nov 1873
ID: 18669(F) — 25 Jun 2023 03:17 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
28
IND
 1/1 By acclamation
After his election:
5 Nov 1873 29
CONS
 →
LIB
 Change of government (remained in opposition)
Service: 3 months 8 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 418 Votes: 264 Participation: 63.16% Candidacies: 2
Federal
3		 Manitoba
22 January 1874
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18709(F) — 20 Jan 2022 21:26 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
29
IND
 1/2 195 73.86% +126 Loser:
IND
 69 26.14% Joseph Hamelin
After his election:
16 Apr 1874 29
IND
 →
Vac.
 Election cancelled/Unseated
Service: 2 months 25 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 418 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
3		 Manitoba
3 September 1874
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18906(F) — 21 Jan 2022 00:26 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
29
IND
 1/1 By acclamation
After his election:
25 Feb 1875 30
IND
 →
Vac.
 Election cancelled/Unseated
Service: 5 months 22 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
3		 Manitoba
31 March 1875
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18907(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
30		 Successor:
LIB
 Acclam. Andrew G.B. Bannatyne

Online biographical references (5)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Riel, Louis		 16 Mar 2024
FR Dictionnaire biographique du Canada
Riel, Louis		 16 Mar 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
Louis "David" Riel (1844-1885)		 16 Mar 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Louis Riel, M.P.		 16 Mar 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Louis Riel, député		 16 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Louis Riel		 16 Mar 2024
FR Wikipédia
Louis Riel		 16 Mar 2024

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