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♂ Nicholas F. Davin
aliasNicholas F. Davin
Record
14604 · 6041

Irish-Canadian    Protestant   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 60%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 3 2 5
Birth 13 January 1840 → 184 years + 3 months ago
Lived 61 years + 9 months
First mandate 22 February 1887 → 137 years + 2 months ago
↳ at age 47 years + 1 month
Death 18 October 1901 → 122 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 11 months + 12 days after 6 November 1900
Special notes
None
 
Nicholas F. Davin (1840–1901)
© Photo Saskatchewan Archives via The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan, University of Regina — 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 13 8 11

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
5 documented challengers
⊖ John K. McInnis  m 
⊖ T. Walter Scott  m 
⊖ Thomas A. Tweed  m 
 		 ⊖ James H. Ross  m 
⊖ David Thompson  m 
 
Eligible: 3,758 Votes: 3,078 Participation: 81.91% Candidacies: 3
Federal
4		 Ontario
17 September 1878
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19053(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
38
CONS
 2/3 1,400 46.73% -166 Winner:
LIB
 1,566 52.27% David Thompson
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,149 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
6		 North-Western Territories
22 February 1887
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19591(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
47
CONS
 1/2 726 63.19% +303 Loser:
LIB
 423 36.81% James H. Ross

Service: 4 years 10 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,695 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
7		 North-Western Territories
5 March 1891
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19780(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
CONS
 1/2 1,011 59.65% +327 Loser:
CONS
 684 40.35% Thomas A. Tweed

Service: 5 years 3 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,005 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
8		 North-Western Territories
23 June 1896
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20068(F) — 29 Mar 2024 22:32 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
56
CONS
 1/2 1,503 50.02% +1 Loser:
IND
 1,502 49.98% John K. McInnis

Service: 4 years 4 months 14 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,954 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
9		 North-Western Territories
7 November 1900
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20323(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
60
CONS
 2/2 1,861 47.07% -232 Winner:
LIB
 2,093 52.93% T. Walter Scott

Online biographical references (5)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Canadian Encyclopedia
Nicholas Flood Davin		 23 Mar 2024
FR Encyclopédie canadienne
Nicholas Flood Davin		 23 Mar 2024
EN Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Davin, Nicholas Flood		 23 Mar 2024
FR Dictionnaire biographique du Canada
Davin, Nicholas Flood		 23 Mar 2024
EN Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan, University of Regina
Davin, Nicholas Flood (1840-1901)		 23 Mar 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Nicholas Flood Davin, K.C., M.P.		 23 Mar 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Nicholas Flood Davin, C.R., député		 23 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Nicholas Flood Davin		 23 Mar 2024

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