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♂ Maitland S. McCarthy
aliasMaitland S. McCarthy
Record
40586 · 6703

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
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Canada 2 0 2
Birth 5 February 1872 → 152 years + 2 months ago
Lived 58 years + 3 months
First mandate 3 November 1904 → 119 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 32 years + 8 months
Death 17 May 1930 → 93 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death 18 years + 7 months after 20 September 1911
Special notes
None
 
Maitland S. McCarthy (1872–1930)
© Photo 1906 — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Falkner C. Stewart (1833–1897) Uncle  
 
Well that's interesting!
Offered to lead the Alberta Conservative Party prior to the 1909 election, McCarthy declined as he would have had to resign his federal seat, which he won in a con­tro­ver­sial election in 1908, and felt the resignation would be seen as an admission of guilt.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 6 10 15

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
Documented challenger
None
 
 
Eligible: 6,020 Votes: 5,567 Participation: 92.48% Candidacies: 2
Federal
10		 North-Western Territories
3 November 1904
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20735(F) — 1 Nov 2021 12:26 ET
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 → New to Parliament
Age
32
CONS
 1/2 2,993 54.04% +448 Loser:
LIB
 2,545 45.96% Charles J. Stewart

Service: 3 years 11 months 22 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 10,225 Votes: 8,438 Participation: 82.52% Candidacies: 3
Federal
11		 Alberta
26 October 1908
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20834(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
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 Re-elected incumbent
Age
36
CONS
 1/3 4,105 49.66% +687 Loser:
LIB
 3,418 41.35% Charles J. Stewart

Service: 2 years 10 months 25 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 13,192 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
12		 Alberta
21 September 1911
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 21015(F) — 2 Mar 2024 17:48 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
39		 Successor:
CONS
 7,671 58.15% Richard B. Bennett

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Dictionary of Canadian Biography
McCarthy, Maitland Stewart		 15 Mar 2024
FR Dictionnaire biographique du Canada
McCarthy, Maitland Stewart		 15 Mar 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Maitland Stewart McCarthy, M.P.		 15 Mar 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Maitland Stewart McCarthy, député		 15 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Maitland Stewart McCarthy		 15 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 15 Mar 2024 19:26 (but data presented dynamically)

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