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♂ George R. Maxwell
aliasGeorge R. Maxwell
Record
40246 · 6793

Presbyterian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 2 0 2
Birth 11 January 1857 → 167 years + 3 months ago
Lived 45 years + 10 months
First mandate 23 June 1896 → 127 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 39 years + 5 months
Death 17 November 1902 → 121 years + 5 months ago
Died in office Yes
Special notes
Identifed as Liberal due to his opposition to the Conservatives, but is said to have founded the Nationalist Party, British Columbia's first labour party, in 1894.
 
George R. Maxwell (1857–1902) 200x189
© Photo — 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 6 4 22

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
3 documented challengers
⊖ William J. Bowser  m 
⊖ James F. Garden  m 
 		 ⊖ George H. Cowan  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,136 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
8		 British Columbia
23 June 1896
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20061(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
39
LIB
 1/3 1,512 48.21% +298 Loser:
CONS
 1,214 38.71% George H. Cowan

Service: 4 years 4 months 14 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 4,805 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
9		 British Columbia
7 November 1900
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20278(F) — 23 Jan 2022 09:11 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
LIB
 1/2 2,716 56.52% +627 Loser:
CONS
 2,089 43.48% James F. Garden
After his election:
17 Nov 1902 45
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Died in office
Service: 2 years 10 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 4,355 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
9		 British Columbia
4 February 1903
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20507(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
—
 Deceased
Age
45		 Successor:
LIB
 2,108 48.40% Robert G. Macpherson

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Maxwell, George Ritchie		 09 Jan 2024
FR Dictionnaire biographique du Canada
Maxwell, George Ritchie		 09 Jan 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
George Ritchie Maxwell, M.P.		 09 Jan 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
George Ritchie Maxwell, député		 09 Jan 2024
EN Wikipedia
George Ritchie Maxwell		 09 Jan 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  9 Jan 2024 22:03 (but data presented dynamically)

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