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♂ George Brown
aliasGeorge Brown
Record
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☆   Presbyterian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased
A Father of Confederation 		Performance: 0%
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Canada 0 1 1
Birth 29 November 1818 → 205 years + 5 months ago
Lived 61 years + 5 months
 
Death 9 May 1880 → 143 years + 11 months ago
 
Conferences Confederation conferences attended
representing Canada West:
✓ Charlottetown (September 1864)
✓ Québec (October 1864)
✗ London (December 1866)
Special notes
None
 
George Brown (1818–1880)
© Photo — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
One of the Fathers of Confederation, Brown sat in the legislative assembly of the Province of Canada before Confederation. Also widely seen as the leader of the federal Liberal Party in 1867, he did not succeed in winning a seat in the new parliament. However, he was appointed to the Senate in December 1873, where he served until his death in May 1880, at the age of 61.
 

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Pre-Conf. Canada West (1857–1861; 1863–1867)
Canadian Senate Ontario (1873–1880) Died in office
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Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 1
LIB
 1 Party leader 48–50 01 Jul 1867 — 31 Dec 1868 1 5 30

Electoral history

Race 1  
Path points 2  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Thomas N. Gibbs  m 
 
 
Eligible: 3,043 Votes: 2,515 Participation: 82.65% Candidacies: 2
Federal
1		 Ontario
7 August 1867
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 17670(F) — 19 Jan 2022 16:45 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament (Party leader)
Age
48
LIB
 2/2 1,223 48.63% -69 Winner:
LC
 1,292 51.37% Thomas N. Gibbs
Eligible: 3,438 Votes: 2,566 Participation: 74.64% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
1		 Ontario
3 September 1867
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Minority
ID: 32654(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
48		 Successor:
LIB
 1,399 54.52% Adam Oliver

Online biographical references (5)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Canadian Encyclopedia
George Brown		 28 Feb 2024
FR Encyclopédie canadienne
George Brown		 28 Feb 2024
EN Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Brown, George		 28 Feb 2024
FR Dictionnaire biographique du Canada
Brown, George		 28 Feb 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. George Brown, Senator		 28 Feb 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. George Brown, sénateur		 28 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
George Brown (Canadian politician)		 28 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
George Brown		 28 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 28 Feb 2024 21:09 (but data presented dynamically)

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