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♂ Benjamin Allen
aliasBenjamin Allen
Record
608 · 5955

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 1 2
Birth c. 1830 → 194 years ago
Lived ± 82 years
First mandate 20 June 1882 → 141 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age ± 52 years
Death 23 December 1912 → 111 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 25 years + 10 months after 21 February 1887
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 4 8 2

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Samuel J. Lane  m 
 		 ⊖ James Masson  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,842 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
5		 Ontario
20 June 1882
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19247(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
±52
LIB
 1/2 1,457 51.27% +72 Loser:
CONS
 1,385 48.73% Samuel J. Lane

Service: 4 years 8 months 1 day (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 4,199 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
6		 Ontario
22 February 1887
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19453(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
±57
LIB
 2/2 2,071 49.32% -57 Winner:
CONS
 2,128 50.68% James Masson

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Benjamin Allen, M.P.		 26 Jul 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Benjamin Allen, député		 26 Jul 2023
EN Wikipedia
Benjamin Allen (Canadian politician)		 26 Jul 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 26 Jul 2023 10:36 (but data presented dynamically)

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