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♂ Richard C. Cooper
aliasRichard C. Cooper
Record
12415 · 6925

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 0 1
Birth 31 December 1881 → 142 years + 4 months ago
Lived 58 years + 2 months
First mandate 17 December 1917 → 106 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 35 years + 11 months
Death 10 March 1940 → 84 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 18 years + 3 months after 5 December 1921
Special notes
None
 

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 3 11 18

Electoral history

Race 1  
Path points 2  
Documented challenger
None
 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 10,578 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
13		 British Columbia
17 December 1917
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UNIO  Majority
 NLCP  10 Jul 1920
ID: 21306(F) — 5 Jul 2023 12:05 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
35
UNIO
 1/4 6,890 65.14% +4,428 Loser:
LL
 2,462 23.27% Charles MacDonald
After his election:
10 Jul 1920 38
UNIO
 →
NLCP
 Change of government (remained in government)
Service: 3 years 11 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 12,962 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Federal
14		 British Columbia
6 December 1921
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 21545(F) — 5 Jul 2023 17:12 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
39		 Successor:
NLCP
 4,893 37.75% Leon J. Ladner

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Lt. Col. Richard Clive Cooper, M.P.		 02 Aug 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Lt. col. Richard Clive Cooper, député		 02 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
Richard Clive Cooper		 02 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  2 Aug 2023 21:41 (but data presented dynamically)

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