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♂ Lemuel Cushing
aliasLemuel Cushing
Record
13977 · 5226

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 1 2
Birth 18 February 1842 → 182 years + 2 months ago
Lived 39 years
First mandate 4 November 1874 → 149 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 32 years + 8 months
Death 1 March 1881 → 143 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 5 years + 3 months after 4 November 1875
Special notes
None
 

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 0 11 30

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
2 documented challengers
⊖ John J.C. Abbott  m 
 		 ⊖ William Owens  m 
 
Eligible: 2,000 Votes: 1,458 Participation: 72.90% Candidacies: 2
Federal
3		 Québec
22 January 1874
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18830(F) — 29 Sep 2023 21:28 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
31
LIB
 2/2 727 49.86% -4 Winner:
LC
 731 50.14% John J.C. Abbott
Eligible: 2,000 Votes: 1,576 Participation: 78.80% Candidacies: 2
Federal
3		 Québec
4 November 1874
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18916(F) — 29 Sep 2023 21:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
32
LIB
 1/2 840 53.30% +104 Loser:
CONS
 736 46.70% William Owens
After his election:
4 Nov 1875 33
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Election cancelled/Unseated
Service: 1 year (Gov't)
Eligible: 2,000 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
3		 Québec
31 December 1875
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18918(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
33		 Successor:
LIB
 Acclam. Thomas Christie

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
Lemuel Cushing		 29 Sep 2023
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Lemuel Cushing, M.P.		 29 Sep 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Lemuel Cushing, député		 29 Sep 2023
EN Wikipedia
Lemuel Cushing Jr.		 29 Sep 2023
FR Wikipédia
Lemuel Cushing		 29 Sep 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 29 Sep 2023 21:29 (but data presented dynamically)

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