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♂ Thomas Reid
aliasThomas Reid
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
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Canada 5 0 5
Birth 18 April 1886 → 138 years ago
Lived 82 years + 5 months
First mandate 28 July 1930 → 93 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 44 years + 3 months
Death 12 October 1968 → 55 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 19 years + 1 month after 7 September 1949
Special notes
None
 
Thomas Reid (1886–1968)
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Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
Reid, the Liberal MP for Westminster from 1930 to 1949, favoured cultural genocide, particularly of the Japanese in Canada. "Take them back to Japan. They do not be­long here ... and there is only one solution to the problem. They cannot be as­si­mi­lated as Canadians, for no matter how long the Japanese remain in Canada, they will always be Japanese." He was called to the Senate in 1949, where he sat until 1967.
 

Elections or appointments outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate British Columbia (1949–1967)
Legis. Council ✗
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Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve Surrey, British Columbia
Mun./Co. Council Surrey, British Columbia
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 19 1 6

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
1 documented challenger
⊖ William G. McQuarrie  m 
 
 
Eligible: 32,647 Votes: 23,795 Participation: 72.89% Candidacies: 2
Federal
17		 British Columbia
28 July 1930
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 22337(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
44
LIB
 1/2 13,293 55.86% +2,791 Loser:
LC
 10,502 44.14% William G. McQuarrie

Service: 5 years 2 months 15 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 33,768 Votes: 27,074 Participation: 80.18% Candidacies: 4
Federal
18		 British Columbia
14 October 1935
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22609(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
49
LIB
 1/4 9,977 36.85% +261 Loser:
CCF
 9,716 35.89% Edwin H. Baker

Service: 4 years 5 months 11 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 42,728 Votes: 34,496 Participation: 80.73% Candidacies: 3
Federal
19		 British Columbia
26 March 1940
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22885(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
LIB
 1/3 15,287 44.32% +5,450 Loser:
CCF
 9,837 28.52% Albert T. Alsbury

Service: 5 years 2 months 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 54,234 Votes: 41,878 Participation: 77.22% Candidacies: 6
Federal
20		 British Columbia
11 June 1945
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 23145(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
59
LIB
 1/6 14,158 33.81% +1,929 Loser:
CCF
 12,229 29.20% Albert T. Alsbury

Service: 4 years 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 46,107 Votes: 33,027 Participation: 71.63% Candidacies: 4
Federal
21		 British Columbia
27 June 1949
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23406(F) — 27 Jan 2022 14:32 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
63
LIB
 1/4 13,904 42.42% +4,578 Loser:
CCF
 9,326 28.45% Ronald W. Irvine
After his election:
7 Sep 1949 63
LIB
 →
Vac.
 To accept an appointment (judge, senator, etc.)
Service: 2 months 11 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 46,107 Votes: 24,784 Participation: 53.75% Candidacies: 5
Federal
21		 British Columbia
24 October 1949
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23644(F) — 13 Jan 2022 07:56 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
63		 Successor:
LIB
 8,727 35.21% William M. Mott

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Thomas Reid, Senator		 16 Mar 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Thomas Reid, sénateur		 16 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Thomas Reid (Canadian politician)		 16 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 16 Mar 2024 22:05 (but data presented dynamically)

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