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♂ David Glass
aliasDavid Glass
Record
23301 · 5154

Irish-Canadian   ∞1
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 3 4
Manitoba 1 1 2
Total 2 4 6
Birth 20 July 1829 → 194 years + 9 months ago
Lived 76 years + 11 months
First mandate 20 July 1872 → 151 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 43 years
Death 17 July 1906 → 117 years + 9 months ago
Exit → Death 18 years + 7 days after 10 July 1888
Special notes
None
 
David Glass (1829–1906)
© Photo — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Samuel F. Glass (1861–1925) Nephew  
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 1 6 2
Manitoba 1 7 0 Z
TOTAL 3 1 2

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. MB 6
IND
 1 Speaker 57–58 14 Apr 1887 — 10 Jun 1888 1 1 27

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 7  
6 documented challengers
⊖ James Evans  m 
⊖ Robert Hay  m 
⊖ David Mills  m 
 		 ⊖ David H. Harrison  m 
⊖ Duncan Macmillan  m 
⊖ Crowell Willson  m 
 
Eligible: 3,077 Votes: 2,557 Participation: 83.10% Candidacies: 2
Federal
1		 Ontario
7 August 1867
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 17617(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
38
CONS
 2/2 1,224 47.87% -109 Winner:
LIB
 1,333 52.13% David Mills
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,727 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
2		 Ontario
20 July 1872
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Minority
 LIB  5 Nov 1873
ID: 18552(F) — 22 Jul 2023 20:05 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
43
CONS
 1/2 1,890 50.71% +53 Loser:
LIB
 1,837 49.29% James Evans
After his election:
5 Nov 1873 44
CONS
 →
LIB
 Change of government (became part of opposition)
Service: 1 year 6 months 1 day (Gov't & Oppo.)
Eligible: 4,714 Votes: 3,910 Participation: 82.94% Candidacies: 2
Federal
3		 Ontario
22 January 1874
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18786(F) — 20 Jan 2022 22:51 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
44
CONS
 2/2 1,933 49.44% -44 Winner:
LC
 1,977 50.56% Crowell Willson
Eligible: 6,951 Votes: 4,890 Participation: 70.35% Candidacies: 2
Federal
4		 Ontario
17 September 1878
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19072(F) — 28 Nov 2021 13:22 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to Parliament
Age
49
CONS
 2/2 2,332 48.99% -96 Winner:
LC
 2,428 51.01% Duncan Macmillan
Eligible: inc. Votes: 923 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
5		 Manitoba
23 January 1883
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 28376(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
53
LIB
 2/2 428 46.37% -67 Winner:
CONS
 495 53.63% David H. Harrison
Eligible: 744 Votes: 358 Participation: 48.12% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
6		 Manitoba
9 December 1886
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 36491(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
57
IND
 1/3 151 42.18% +4 Loser:
CONS
 147 41.06% Robert Hay

Service: 1 year 7 months 1 day (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,268 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
7		 Manitoba
11 July 1888
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 36545(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
58		 Successor:
LIB
 848 66.88% Lyman M. Jones

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Glass, David		 10 Feb 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Glass, David		 10 Feb 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
David Glass (1829-1906)		 10 Feb 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
David Glass, M.P.		 10 Feb 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
David Glass, député		 10 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
David Glass (Canadian politician)		 10 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 10 Feb 2024 15:21 (but data presented dynamically)

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