Canada's electoral history from 1867 to today
♂ Charles Alexander
aliasCharles Alexander
Record
469 · 6110
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate |
Deceased |
Performance: 50%
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| Birth |
13 June 1816 → 207 years + 10 months ago |
| Lived |
89 years + 4 months |
| First mandate |
6 February 1874 → 150 years + 2 months ago
↳ at age 57 years + 7 months |
| Death |
4 November 1905 → 118 years + 5 months ago |
| Exit → Death |
30 years + 3 months after 6 July 1875 |
| Special notes |
None
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Charles Alexander (1816–1905)
© Photo  — Public domain |
| Family tie with other documented individual |
None
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| Well that's interesting! |
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Dying from dramatic falls seemed to occur more often with former politicians in the 19th century. A one-term Liberal in the Québec assembly, Alexander died at the age of 89 after falling from a second story window in his home. He had been out of the assembly for 30 years at the time.
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Length of Service in elected office
| Legislature |
Total |
Government |
Opposition |
| years |
months |
days |
years |
months |
days |
years |
months |
days |
| Québec |
1 |
4 |
28 |
Z |
| Eligible: |
2,286 |
Votes: |
0 |
Participation: |
n/a |
Candidacy: |
1 |
|
Provincial
2 |
Québec
6 February 1874
By-Election
First-past-the-post |
| Gov't |
CONS  |
| ID: 15907(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET |
|
✓ |
→ New to this legislature |
Age
57 |
QLP |
1/1 |
By acclamation |
|
Service: 1 year 5 months (Oppo.) |
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| Eligible: |
2,829 |
Votes: |
1,536 |
Participation: |
54.29% |
Candidacies: |
2 |
|
Provincial
3 |
Québec
7 July 1875
General
First-past-the-post |
| Gov't |
CONS |
| ID: 14983(F) — 20 Jul 2023 13:34 ET |
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Online biographical references (2)
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Maurice Y. Michaud)
Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 3 Feb 2024 10:49 (but data presented dynamically)
