Canada's electoral history from 1867 to today

Thomas Osborne Davis
aliasThomas Osborne Davis
Record
14675 · 6693

1
Type of record
Elected candidate
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate
Deceased Performance: 100%
 
Canada 2 0 2
Birth 16 August 1856 → 167 years + 8 months ago
Lived 60 years + 5 months
First mandate 19 December 1896 → 127 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 40 years + 4 months
Death 23 January 1917 → 107 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 12 years + 2 months after 2 November 1904
Special notes
None
 
Thomas Osborne Davis (1856–1917)
© Photo John Alexander Cooper 1901–02 — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
Thomas C. Davis (1889–1960) Son  
 

Election or appointment outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf.
Canadian Senate
Legis. Council
Deputy Minister
Auto. Region
Mayor/Reeve Prince Albert, Saskatchewan (1894–1895)
Mun./Co. Council
School Board
Blank/Vide

Length of service in elected office within the scope of PoliCan

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 7 10 12

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
Documented challenger
None
 

 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,936 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
8
North-Western Territories
19 December 1896
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20243(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
→ New to Parliament
Age
40
LIB
1/2 1,060 54.75% +184 Loser:
CONS
876 45.25% J.R. McPhail

Service:
3 years 10 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,529 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
9
North-Western Territories
7 November 1900
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20324(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
Re-elected incumbent
Age
44
LIB
1/2 1,635 64.65% +741 Loser:
CONS
894 35.35% Thomas C. Spence

Service:
3 years 11 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,530 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
10
North-Western Territories
3 November 1904
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20573(F) — 23 Jan 2022 12:55 ET
Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
48
Successor:
LIB
2,183 61.84% John H. Lamont

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Thomas Osborne Davis, Senator
23 Mar 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Thomas Osborne Davis, sénateur
23 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Thomas Osborne Davis (Canadian politician)
23 Mar 2024


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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 23 Mar 2024 17:39 (but data presented dynamically)