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♂ Simon J. Dawson
aliasSimon J. Dawson
Record
14746 · 5902

☆   Roman Catholic   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 3 0 3
Ontario 1 0 1
Total 4 0 4
Birth 13 June 1818 → 205 years + 10 months ago
Lived 84 years + 4 months
First mandate 18 January 1875 → 149 years + 3 months ago
↳ at age 56 years + 7 months
Death 30 October 1902 → 121 years + 5 months ago
Exit → Death 11 years + 7 months after 4 March 1891
Special notes
None
 
Simon J. Dawson (1818–1902)
© Photo — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
Dawson sat for the Liberal Party of Ontario while he was an MPP from 1875 to 1878. Federally, while nominally an independent member until 1887, he supported the Conservative Party of Canada. He was also anomalous in that he was a Catholic Scot — most Scots being Presbyterian — and advocated that what is today northern Ontario be made a separate territory, as well as for bilingualism in the territories and fishing rights for First Nations peoples. He died in Ottawa in 1902, in relative obscurity.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 12 5 13
Ontario 3 7 7 Z
TOTAL 16 0 21

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 6  
2 documented challengers
⊖ William McDougall  m 
 		 ⊖ Arthur Rankin  m 
 
Eligible: 869 Votes: 793 Participation: 91.25% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
3		 Ontario
18 January 1875
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32767(F) — 21 Feb 2022 18:20 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
56
LIB
 1/2 510 64.31% +227 Loser:
LC
 283 35.69% E. Biggins
After his election:
26 Aug 1878 60
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran federally
Service: 3 years 7 months 8 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 2,134 Votes: 1,409 Participation: 66.03% Candidacies: 2
Federal
4		 Ontario
17 September 1878
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19031(F) — 24 Dec 2023 20:38 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
60
CONS
 1/2 885 64.84% +405 Loser:
IND
 480 35.16% Arthur Rankin

Service: 3 years 9 months 2 days (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
3		 Ontario
8 October 1878
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33102(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
60		 Successor:
LIB
 Acclam. Robert A. Lyon
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,819 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
5		 Ontario
20 June 1882
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19227(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
64
CONS
 1/2 1,707 60.55% +595 Loser:
LIB
 1,112 39.45% William McDougall

Service: 4 years 8 months 1 day (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,838 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
6		 Ontario
22 February 1887
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19431(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
68
CONS
 1/2 1,428 50.32% +18 Loser:
IND
 1,410 49.68% Daniel F. Burk

Service: 4 years 10 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 4,064 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
7		 Ontario
5 March 1891
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19783(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
72		 Successor:
CONS
 2,251 55.39% George H. Macdonell

Online biographical references (5)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Canadian Encyclopedia
Simon James Dawson		 15 Feb 2024
FR Encyclopédie canadienne
Dawson, Simon James		 15 Feb 2024
EN Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Dawson, Simon James		 15 Feb 2024
FR Dictionnaire biographique du Canada
Dawson, Simon James		 15 Feb 2024
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Simon James Dawson		 15 Feb 2024
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Simon James Dawson		 15 Feb 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Simon James Dawson, M.P.		 15 Feb 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Simon James Dawson, député		 15 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Simon James Dawson		 15 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 15 Feb 2024 20:47 (but data presented dynamically)

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