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♂ Horace Horton
aliasHorace Horton
Record
28228 · 5149

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 3 0 3
Birth 9 October 1823 → 200 years + 6 months ago
Lived 78 years + 4 months
First mandate 20 July 1872 → 151 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 48 years + 9 months
Death 18 February 1902 → 122 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 23 years + 4 months after 10 October 1878
Special notes
None
 
Horace Horton (1823–1902) 200x323
© Photo — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Robert Gibbons (1811–1898) Father-in-law
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 6 2 18

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
Documented challenger
None
 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,222 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
2		 Ontario
20 July 1872
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Minority
 LIB  5 Nov 1873
ID: 18671(F) — 25 Jun 2023 16:30 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
48
LIB
 1/2 1,354 60.94% +486 Loser:
IND
 868 39.06% J. Whitehead
After his election:
5 Nov 1873 50
CONS
 →
LIB
 Change of government (became part of government)
Service: 1 year 6 months 1 day (Oppo. & Gov't)
Eligible: 4,050 Votes: 2,240 Participation: 55.31% Candidacies: 2
Federal
3		 Ontario
22 January 1874
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18773(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
LIB
 1/2 1,510 67.41% +780 Loser:
IND
 730 32.59% C. Crabb

Service: 4 years 7 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,188 Votes: 3,175 Participation: 61.20% Candidacies: 2
Federal
4		 Ontario
17 September 1878
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19059(F) — 21 Jan 2022 19:45 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
54
LIB
 1/2 1,732 56.00% +371 Loser:
IND
 1,361 44.00% S. Platt
After his election:
10 Oct 1878 55
LIB
 →
Vac.
 To accept an appointment (judge, senator, etc.)
Service: 23 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 5,188 Votes: 3,603 Participation: 69.45% Candidacies: 2
Federal
4		 Ontario
2 November 1878
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19593(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
55		 Successor:
LIB
 2,002 55.56% Richard J. Cartwright

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Horace Horton, M.P.		 25 Nov 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Horace Horton, député		 25 Nov 2023
EN Wikipedia
Horace Horton		 25 Nov 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 25 Nov 2023 08:10 (but data presented dynamically)

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