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♂ Alexander McKay
aliasAlexander McKay
Record
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Irish-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 2 0 2
Birth 19 April 1843 → 181 years ago
Lived 69 years
First mandate 22 February 1887 → 137 years + 2 months ago
↳ at age 43 years + 10 months
Death 21 April 1912 → 112 years ago
Exit → Death 15 years + 9 months after 22 June 1896
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 9 3 28

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Adam Brown  m 
 		 ⊖ Samuel S. Ryckman  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 13,957 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
6		 Ontario
22 February 1887
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19457(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
43
CONS
 2/4 3,571 51.17% +161 Loser:
LIB
 3,410 48.86% Frederic Walter

Service: 4 years 10 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 15,348 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
7		 Ontario
5 March 1891
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19809(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
CONS
 1/4 4,186 54.55% +654 Loser:
LIB
 3,532 46.03% William Doran

Service: 5 years 3 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 16,687 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 6
Federal
8		 Ontario
23 June 1896
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20097(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
53		 Successor:
LIB
 3,797 45.51% Thomas H. MacPherson

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Alexander McKay, M.P.		 31 Aug 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Alexander McKay, député		 31 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
Alexander McKay (politician)		 31 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 31 Aug 2023 18:05 (but data presented dynamically)

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