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♂ Sydney A. Fisher
aliasSydney A. Fisher
Record
19940 · 5867

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 58%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 7 4 11
Québec 0 1 1
Total 7 5 12
Birth 12 June 1850 → 173 years + 10 months ago
Lived 70 years + 9 months
First mandate 20 June 1882 → 141 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 32 years
Death 10 April 1921 → 103 years ago
Exit → Death 9 years + 6 months after 20 September 1911
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 23 10 17

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 8–11
LIB
 1 Minister 46–61 13 Jul 1896 — 05 Oct 1911 15 2 22
 1. Agriculture

Electoral history

Races 12  
Path points 12  
6 documented challengers
⊖ George H. Baker  m 
⊖ George G. Foster  m 
⊖ David A. Manson  m 
 		 ⊖ Eugène A. Dyer  m 
⊖ William W. Lynch  m 
⊖ James Morris  m 
 
Eligible: 3,099 Votes: 484 Participation: 15.62% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
4		 Québec
20 November 1879
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 17028(F) — 14 Oct 2022 17:30 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
29
QLP
 2/2 76 15.70% -332 Winner:
CONS
 408 84.30% William W. Lynch
Eligible: 3,117 Votes: 2,316 Participation: 74.30% Candidacies: 2
Federal
4		 Québec
18 October 1880
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19623(F) — 28 Nov 2021 14:39 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
30
LIB
 2/2 1,099 47.45% -118 Winner:
LC
 1,217 52.55% David A. Manson
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,639 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
5		 Québec
20 June 1882
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19322(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
32
LIB
 1/2 1,399 53.01% +159 Loser:
IND
 1,240 46.99% S.N. Boright

Service: 4 years 8 months 1 day (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,761 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
6		 Québec
22 February 1887
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19530(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
36
LIB
 1/2 1,570 56.86% +379 Loser:
CONS
 1,191 43.14% James Burnett

Service: 4 years 10 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,905 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
7		 Québec
5 March 1891
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19882(F) — 22 Jan 2022 15:39 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
40
LIB
 2/2 1,452 49.98% -1 Winner:
CONS
 1,453 50.02% Eugène A. Dyer
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,021 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
8		 Québec
23 June 1896
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20170(F) — 22 Jan 2022 21:58 ET
✓
 → Returned to Parliament after hiatus
Age
46
LIB
 1/2 1,677 55.51% +333 Loser:
CONS
 1,344 44.49% George G. Foster
After his election:
11 Jul 1896 46
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran in a ministerial by-election
Service: 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
8		 Québec
30 July 1896
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20234(F) — 11 Oct 2022 18:16 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
46
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 4 years 3 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,054 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
9		 Québec
7 November 1900
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20426(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
LIB
 1/2 1,805 59.10% +556 Loser:
CONS
 1,249 40.90% Frederick England

Service: 3 years 11 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,851 Votes: 2,791 Participation: 72.47% Candidacies: 2
Federal
10		 Québec
3 November 1904
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20675(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
54
LIB
 1/2 1,821 65.93% +880 Loser:
CONS
 941 34.07% E.P. Stevens

Service: 3 years 11 months 22 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,763 Votes: 2,990 Participation: 79.46% Candidacies: 3
Federal
11		 Québec
26 October 1908
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20936(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
58
LIB
 1/3 1,674 56.86% +441 Loser:
CONS
 1,233 41.88% Frederick A. Olmstead

Service: 2 years 10 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,016 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
12		 Québec
21 September 1911
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 21164(F) — 23 Jan 2022 18:49 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
61
LIB
 2/2 1,496 49.60% -24 Winner:
CONS
 1,520 50.40% George H. Baker
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,679 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
12		 Québec
11 October 1913
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 21256(F) — 1 Jul 2023 17:20 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to Parliament
Age
63
LIB
 2/2 1,267 47.29% -145 Winner:
CONS
 1,412 52.71% James Morris

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Fisher, Sydney Arthur		 19 Sep 2023
FR Dictionnaire biographique du Canada
Fisher, Sydney Arthur		 19 Sep 2023
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Sydney Arthur Fisher, P.C., M.P.		 19 Sep 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Sydney Arthur Fisher, C.P., député		 19 Sep 2023
EN Wikipedia
Sydney Arthur Fisher		 19 Sep 2023
FR Wikipédia
Sydney Arthur Fisher		 19 Sep 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 19 Sep 2023 07:48 (but data presented dynamically)

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