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♂ Thomas Simpson Sproule
aliasThomas Simpson Sproule
Record
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☆   Irish-Canadian    Protestant   ∞1
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 9 0 9
Birth 25 October 1843 → 180 years + 6 months ago
Lived 74 years
First mandate 17 September 1878 → 145 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 34 years + 10 months
Death 10 November 1917 → 106 years + 5 months ago
Exit → Death 1 year + 11 months after 2 December 1915
Special notes
None
 
Thomas Simpson Sproule (1843–1917)
© Photo — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ William K. Flesher (1825–1907) Father-in-law
 
Well that's interesting!
A staunch Protestant and Irish Unionist, Sproule held particularly anti-French and anti-Catholic views. He supported the abolition of French-language instruction in Ontario schools, and opposed the expansion of French-language services by the federal government. But when he was nominated speaker of the House of Commons in 1911, because he had to lead the House in prayers in both English and French, he had to take French lessons despite being a lifelong opponent of the language.
 

Election or appointment outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate ✗
Legis. Council ✗
✗
Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve ✗
Mun./Co. Council Markdale, Ontario (1884)
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 37 2 5

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 12
CONS
 1 Speaker 67–72 21 Sep 1911 — 02 Dec 1915 4 2 11

Electoral history

Races 9  
Path points 10  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Peter Christie  m 
 		 ⊖ John Clark  m 
 
Eligible: 5,680 Votes: 2,831 Participation: 49.84% Candidacies: 2
Federal
4		 Ontario
17 September 1878
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19050(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
34
CONS
 1/2 1,664 59.49% +531 Loser:
IND
 1,133 40.51% A. Gifford

Service: 3 years 9 months 2 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,454 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
5		 Ontario
20 June 1882
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19246(F) — 21 Jan 2022 21:33 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
38
CONS
 1/2 1,934 55.99% +414 Loser:
CONS
 1,520 44.01% Peter Christie

Service: 4 years 8 months 1 day (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 4,245 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
6		 Ontario
22 February 1887
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19452(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
CONS
 1/2 2,400 56.54% +555 Loser:
LIB
 1,845 43.46% Robert Gilray

Service: 4 years 10 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,935 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
7		 Ontario
5 March 1891
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19804(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
CONS
 1/2 1,977 50.24% +19 Loser:
LIB
 1,958 49.76% John Clark

Service: 5 years 3 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 4,599 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
8		 Ontario
23 June 1896
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20092(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
CONS
 1/2 2,560 55.66% +521 Loser:
PATI
 2,039 44.34% James Bowes

Service: 4 years 4 months 14 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 5,049 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
9		 Ontario
7 November 1900
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20346(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
57
CONS
 1/2 2,707 53.61% +365 Loser:
LIB
 2,342 46.39% Clayton W. Hartman

Service: 3 years 11 months 26 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 6,436 Votes: 3,744 Participation: 58.17% Candidacies: 2
Federal
10		 Ontario
3 November 1904
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20595(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
61
CONS
 1/2 2,209 59.13% +682 Loser:
LIB
 1,527 40.87% Clayton W. Hartman

Service: 3 years 11 months 22 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 6,419 Votes: 3,680 Participation: 57.33% Candidacies: 2
Federal
11		 Ontario
26 October 1908
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20859(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
65
CONS
 1/2 2,396 65.54% +1,136 Loser:
LIB
 1,260 34.46% Elzear Raymond

Service: 2 years 10 months 25 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 4,035 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
12		 Ontario
21 September 1911
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 21087(F) — 23 Jan 2022 18:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
67
CONS
 1/2 2,560 63.44% +1,085 Loser:
LIB
 1,475 36.56% Clayton W. Hartman
After his election:
2 Dec 1915 72
CONS
 →
Vac.
 To accept an appointment (judge, senator, etc.)
Service: 4 years 2 months 11 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 8,454 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
13		 Ontario
17 December 1917
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UNIO  Majority
ID: 21347(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
—
 Deceased
Age
74		 Successor:
UNIO
 4,845 57.31% Robert J. Ball

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Sproule, Thomas Simpson		 17 Mar 2024
FR Dictionnaire biographique du Canada
Sproule, Thomas Simpson		 17 Mar 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Thomas Simpson Sproule, M.P., Senator		 17 Mar 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Thomas Simpson Sproule, député, sénateur		 17 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Thomas Simpson Sproule		 17 Mar 2024
FR Wikipédia
Thomas Simpson Sproule		 17 Mar 2024

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