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♂ Edgar C. Baker
aliasEdgar C. Baker
Record
2334 · 5892

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 2 0 2
Birth 16 September 1845 → 178 years + 7 months ago
Lived 75 years + 1 month
First mandate 20 June 1882 → 141 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 36 years + 9 months
Death 3 November 1920 → 103 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 31 years + 6 months after 2 May 1889
Special notes
None
 
Edgar C. Baker (1845–1920)
© Photo 1883 William James Topley — 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 6 10 11

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
5 documented challengers
⊖ Cornelius Booth  m 
⊖ Thomas B. Humphreys  m 
⊖ Noah Shakespeare  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Amor De Cosmos  m 
⊖ William A. Robertson  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,677 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 6
Federal
5		 British Columbia
20 June 1882
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19187(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
36
CONS
 1/6 441 52.56% +134 Loser:
LIB
 307 36.59% Amor De Cosmos

Service: 4 years 8 months 1 day (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,399 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 6
Federal
6		 British Columbia
22 February 1887
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19390(F) — 21 Oct 2023 16:32 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
41
CONS
 1/6 632 52.67% +238 Loser:
ICON
 394 32.83% Thomas B. Humphreys
After his election:
2 May 1889 43
CONS
 →
Vac.
 Left federal politics
Service: 2 years 2 months 10 days (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
6		 British Columbia
28 October 1889
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19725(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
44		 Successor:
CONS
 Acclam. Thomas Earle

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Edgar Crow Baker, M.P.		 16 Feb 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Edgar Crow Baker, député		 16 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Edgar Crow Baker		 16 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 16 Feb 2024 22:26 (but data presented dynamically)

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