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♂ Stephen Richards
aliasStephen Richards
Record
52468 · 7104

∞1
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 2 0 2
Birth c. 1820 → 204 years ago
Lived ± 74 years
First mandate 11 December 1867 → 156 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age ± 47 years
Death 4 October 1894 → 129 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 19 years + 8 months after 17 January 1875
Special notes
None
 
Stephen Richards (c.1820–1894) 244x278
© Photo 1873 Notman & Fraser — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Albert N. Richards (1822–1897) Brother  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Ontario 7 1 5 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
Documented challenger
None
 
 
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
1		 Ontario
11 December 1867
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Minority
ID: 32683(F) — 21 Feb 2022 12:16 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±47
LC
 1/1 By acclamation ?

Service: 3 years 3 months 9 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 781 Votes: 445 Participation: 56.98% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
2		 Ontario
21 March 1871
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Minority
 LIB  18 Dec 1871
ID: 32728(F) — 22 Jul 2023 20:49 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±51
LC
 1/2 277 62.25% +109 Loser:
LIB
 168 37.75% ? Ball
After his election:
18 Dec 1871 ±51
LC
 →
LIB
 Change of government (became part of opposition)
Service: 3 years 9 months 27 days (Gov't & Oppo.)
Eligible: 5,341 Votes: 4,019 Participation: 75.25% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
3		 Ontario
18 January 1875
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32804(F) — 22 Jan 2022 14:14 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
±55		 Successor:
LIB
 2,065 51.38% Sylvester Neelon

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
Stephen Richards		 25 Nov 2023
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Stephen Richards		 25 Nov 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Stephen Richards		 25 Nov 2023
EN Wikipedia
Stephen Richards (politician)		 25 Nov 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 25 Nov 2023 07:36 (but data presented dynamically)

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