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♂ Joshua A.R. Homer
aliasJoshua A.R. Homer
Record
28061 · 5359

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 2 1 3
Birth c. August 1827 → 196 years + 9 months ago
Lived ± 59 years
First mandate 9 March 1882 → 142 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age ± 54 years
Death 20 September 1886 → 137 years + 7 months ago
Died in office Yes
Special notes
None
 
Joshua A.R. Homer (c.1827–1886) 200x226
© Photo 1885 — Public domain
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 4 6 11

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
1 documented challenger
⊖ James Cunningham  m 
 
 
Eligible: 403 Votes: 304 Participation: 75.43% Candidacies: 2
Federal
3		 British Columbia
22 January 1874
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18703(F) — 20 Jan 2022 21:23 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
±46
LC
 2/2 142 46.71% -20 Winner:
LIB
 162 53.29% James Cunningham
Eligible: 737 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
4		 British Columbia
9 March 1882
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19639(F) — 28 Nov 2021 14:42 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
±54
LC
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 3 months 10 days (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
5		 British Columbia
20 June 1882
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19185(F) — 21 Jan 2022 20:40 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±54
LC
 1/1 By acclamation
After his election:
20 Sep 1886 ±59
CONS
 →
Vac.
 Died in office
Service: 4 years 3 months (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 771 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
6		 British Columbia
22 February 1887
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19388(F) — 21 Jan 2022 23:38 ET
—
 Deceased
Age
±59		 Successor:
CONS
 533 69.13% Donald Chisholm

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
Joshua Atwood Reynolds Homer		 09 Jan 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Joshua Attwood Reynolds Homer, M.P.		 09 Jan 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Joshua Attwood Reynolds Homer, député		 09 Jan 2024
EN Wikipedia
Joshua Homer		 09 Jan 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  9 Jan 2024 20:44 (but data presented dynamically)

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