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♂ Ewan Alexander McPherson
aliasEwan Alexander McPherson
Record
42544 · 5851

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 1 2
Manitoba 3 3 6
Total 4 4 8
Birth 27 January 1878 → 146 years + 3 months ago
Lived 76 years + 9 months
First mandate 10 July 1914 → 109 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 36 years + 5 months
Death 18 November 1954 → 69 years + 5 months ago
Exit → Death 18 years + 3 months after 26 July 1936
Special notes
None
 
Ewan Alexander McPherson (1879–1954)
© Photo Archives of Manitoba via the Manitoba Historical Society — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Election or appointment outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate ✗
Legis. Council ✗
✗
Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve ✗
Mun./Co. Council Portage la Prairie, Manitoba (1906)
School Board ✗
Blank/Vide ✗

Length of service in elected office within the scope of PoliCan

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 3 10 12
Manitoba 10 0 9 Z
TOTAL 13 10 21

Electoral history

Races 8  
Path points 9  
5 documented challengers
⊖ Hugh Armstrong  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ William H. Burns  m 
⊖ Fawcett G. Taylor  m  (3 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Herbert G. Beresford  m 
⊖ Arthur Meighen  m 
 
Eligible: 1,992 Votes: 1,623 Participation: 81.48% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
13		 Manitoba
11 July 1910
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 36967(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
32
LIB
 2/2 711 43.81% -201 Winner:
CONS
 912 56.19% Hugh Armstrong
Eligible: 2,222 Votes: 2,050 Participation: 92.26% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
14		 Manitoba
10 July 1914
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 37015(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
36
LIB
 1/2 1,030 50.24% +10 Loser:
CONS
 1,020 49.76% Hugh Armstrong

Service: 1 year 26 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 2,130 Votes: 1,872 Participation: 87.89% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
15		 Manitoba
6 August 1915
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 37069(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
37
LIB
 1/2 1,065 56.89% +258 Loser:
CONS
 807 43.11% Fawcett G. Taylor

Service: 4 years 10 months 22 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 2,605 Votes: 2,325 Participation: 89.25% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
16		 Manitoba
29 June 1920
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 37171(F) — 20 Mar 2022 12:17 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
42
LIB
 2/2 1,019 43.83% -287 Winner:
CONS
 1,306 56.17% Fawcett G. Taylor
Eligible: 15,505 Votes: 12,360 Participation: 79.72% Candidacies: 2
Federal
16		 Manitoba
14 September 1926
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22078(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
48
LIB
 1/2 6,394 51.73% +428 Loser:
LC
 5,966 48.27% Arthur Meighen

Service: 3 years 10 months 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 15,738 Votes: 12,602 Participation: 80.07% Candidacies: 2
Federal
17		 Manitoba
28 July 1930
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 22352(F) — 2 Apr 2024 21:02 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
52
LIB
 2/2 6,230 49.44% -142 Winner:
LC
 6,372 50.56% William H. Burns
Eligible: 3,453 Votes: 3,067 Participation: 88.82% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
19		 Manitoba
16 June 1932
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  LIBP  Majority
ID: 37367(F) — 20 Mar 2022 19:09 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
54
LIBP
 2/2 1,051 34.27% -965 Winner:
CONS
 2,016 65.73% Fawcett G. Taylor
Eligible: 908 Votes: 638 Participation: 70.26% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
19		 Manitoba
4 July 1932
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  LIBP  Majority
ID: 37370(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
54
LIBP
 1/3 312 48.90% +97 Loser:
LIBP
 215 33.70% Herbert G. Beresford

Service: 4 years 22 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 1,885 Votes: 1,151 Participation: 61.06% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
20		 Manitoba
21 August 1936
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  LIBP  Minority
ID: 37420(F) — 19 Aug 2023 09:15 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
58		 Successor:
ILIB
 686 60.49% Oddur Olafson

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
McPherson, Ewen Alexander		 02 Apr 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
McPherson, Ewen Alexander		 02 Apr 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
Ewan Alexander MacPherson [McPherson] (1879-1954)		 02 Apr 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Ewen Alexander McPherson, M.P.		 02 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Ewen Alexander McPherson, député		 02 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Ewan McPherson		 02 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  2 Apr 2024 20:48 (but data presented dynamically)

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