Canada's electoral history from 1867 to today
Base → People → Search & Find → Full profile → David Spence

♂ David Spence
aliasDavid Spence
Record
58176 · 6553

Irish-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 83%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 5 0 5
Ontario 0 1 1
Total 5 1 6
* Includes a post-dated race
Birth 25 January 1867 → 157 years + 3 months ago
Lived 73 years
First mandate 6 December 1921 → 102 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 54 years + 10 months
Death 13 February 1940 → 84 years + 2 months ago
Died in office Yes
Special notes
None
 
David Spence (1867–1940)
© Photo 1936 House of Commons (Canada) — 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 18 2 3

Electoral history

Races * 5  
Path points 6  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Rose Mary L. Henderson (Wills)  f 
 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 18,915 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
14		 Ontario
6 December 1921
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 21636(F) — 5 Jul 2023 18:07 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
54
NLCP
 1/3 10,705 56.60% +5,218 Loser:
LIB
 5,487 29.01% William Douglas
After his election:
16 Mar 1922 55
NLCP
 →
LC
 Changed allegiance (remained in opposition)
Service: 3 years 10 months 22 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 36,744 Votes: 19,782 Participation: 53.84% Candidacies: 2
Federal
15		 Ontario
29 October 1925
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
 LC  29 Jun 1926
ID: 21907(F) — 27 Jun 2023 14:54 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
58
LC
 1/2 14,483 73.21% +9,184 Loser:
LIB
 5,299 26.79% Kenneth A. Christie
After his election:
29 Jun 1926 59
LIB
 →
LC
 Change of government (became part of government)
Service: 10 months 15 days (Oppo. & Gov't)
Eligible: 36,744 Votes: 16,030 Participation: 43.63% Candidacies: 2
Federal
16		 Ontario
14 September 1926
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22157(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
59
LC
 1/2 11,897 74.22% +7,764 Loser:
LIB
 4,133 25.78% Bertram Tipping

Service: 3 years 10 months 13 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 37,242 Votes: 17,536 Participation: 47.09% Candidacies: 2
Federal
17		 Ontario
28 July 1930
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 22431(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
63
LC
 1/2 11,713 66.79% +5,890 Loser:
LIB
 5,823 33.21% Angus Gillies

Service: 5 years 2 months 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 34,994 Votes: 24,201 Participation: 69.16% Candidacies: 4
Federal
18		 Ontario
14 October 1935
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22703(F) — 5 Jul 2023 20:05 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
68
LC
 1/4 9,619 39.75% +1,858 Loser:
LIB
 7,761 32.07% John L. Prentice
After his election:
10 Jul 1938 71
LC
 →
NCP
 Changed allegiance (remained in opposition)
13 Feb 1940 73
NCP
 →
Vac.
 Died in office
Service: 4 years 3 months 30 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 37,485 Votes: 26,092 Participation: 69.61% Candidacies: 2
Federal
19		 Ontario
26 March 1940
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22984(F) — 5 Jul 2023 22:04 ET
—
 Deceased
Age
73		 Successor:
NATG
 13,605 52.14% Herbert A. Bruce

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
David Spence, M.P.		 01 Feb 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
David Spence, député		 01 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
David Spence (Canadian politician)		 01 Feb 2024

© 2019, 2024 :: PoliCan.ca (Maurice Y. Michaud)
Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  1 Feb 2024 22:10 (but data presented dynamically)

© 2019-2024 :: PoliCan.ca
Given that electoral results are by their very nature public information, such data that can be found in PoliCan are considered to be in the public domain. However, unless indicated otherwise, all other elements — the concept of consolidating these data into a single format, the detailed research on each election, legislature and candidate, the organization and searchability of the data, the programming allowing the entry and maintenance of the data, as well as the analyses and explanatory articles found in this website — are the intellectual property of Maurice Y. Michaud.