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♂ Donald W. Davis
aliasDonald W. Davis
Record
14620 · 6040

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 2 0 2
Birth 3 November 1849 → 174 years + 5 months ago
Lived 56 years + 7 months
First mandate 22 February 1887 → 137 years + 2 months ago
↳ at age 37 years + 3 months
Death 6 June 1906 → 117 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 9 years + 11 months after 22 June 1896
Special notes
None
 
Donald W. Davis (1849–1906) 200x233
© Photo — 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 9 3 28

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Richard C. Hardisty  m 
 		 ⊖ James D. Lafferty  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,055 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
6		 North-Western Territories
22 February 1887
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19589(F) — 5 Mar 2022 14:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
37
CONS
 1/3 1,037 50.46% +254 Loser:
ICON
 783 38.10% Richard C. Hardisty

Service: 4 years 10 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,677 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
7		 North-Western Territories
5 March 1891
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19778(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
41
CONS
 1/2 2,742 74.57% +1,807 Loser:
CONS
 935 25.43% James A. Reilly

Service: 5 years 3 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 6,581 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
8		 North-Western Territories
23 June 1896
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20066(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
46		 Successor:
LIB
 3,647 55.42% Francis R. Oliver

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Donald Watson Davis, M.P.		 28 Dec 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Donald Watson Davis, député		 28 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
Donald Watson Davis		 28 Dec 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 28 Dec 2023 13:01 (but data presented dynamically)

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