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♂ Arthur Bunster
aliasArthur Bunster
Record
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☆   Irish-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 2 1 3
British Columbia 1 0 1
Total 3 1 4
Birth c. 1831 → 193 years ago
Lived ± 60 years
First mandate 21 October 1871 → 152 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age ± 40 years
Death 8 October 1891 → 132 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 9 years + 3 months after 19 June 1882
Special notes
None
 
Arthur Bunster (c.1831–1891)
© Photo 1879 William James Topley — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
Bunster, a Liberal MP from British Columbia, is remembered for his 1878 fist-fight in the House of Commons with Québec Liberal MP Guillaume Cheval dit St-Jacques. After he lost his seat in 1882, he moved to San Francisco, where he entered real estate. He died in 1891 when he drowned in San Francisco Bay.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 8 4 25
British Columbia 2 3 20 Z
TOTAL 10 8 15

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Amor De Cosmos  m 
 		 ⊖ David W. Gordon  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 377 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
1		 British Columbia
21 October 1871
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  GOV  Majority
ID: 28607(F) — 29 Jul 2023 00:06 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±40
IND
 2/3 123 65.08% +20 Loser:
IND
 103 54.50% William Dalby
After his election:
22 Oct 1871 ±40
IND
 →
GOV
 Changed allegiance (joined government)
9 Feb 1874 ±43
GOV
 →
Vac.
 Elected in another riding
Service: 2 years 3 months 19 days (Oppo. & Gov't)
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
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
±43
LIB
 1/3 209 63.33% +125 Loser:
IND
 84 25.45% Alexander C. Anderson

Service: 4 years 7 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 443 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Provincial
1		 British Columbia
26 February 1874
By-Election
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  GOV  Majority
ID: 28618(F) — 21 Oct 2023 16:32 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
±43		 Successor:
GOV
 108 48.65% William A. Robertson
Eligible: 1,349 Votes: 730 Participation: 54.11% Candidacies: 4
Federal
4		 British Columbia
17 September 1878
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 18990(F) — 29 Jul 2023 00:06 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±47
LIB
 1/4 336 46.86% +69 Loser:
LC
 267 37.24% David W. Gordon

Service: 3 years 9 months 2 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 755 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
5		 British Columbia
20 June 1882
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19186(F) — 29 Jul 2023 00:06 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
±51
LIB
 2/2 300 39.74% -155 Winner:
LC
 455 60.26% David W. Gordon

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
Arthur Bunster		 06 Feb 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Arthur Bunster, M.P.		 06 Feb 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Arthur Bunster, député		 06 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Arthur Bunster		 06 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
Arthur Bunster		 06 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
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