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♂ Dugald Donaghy
aliasDugald Donaghy
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 25%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 1 2
British Columbia 0 2 2
Total 1 3 4
Birth 22 September 1873 → 150 years + 7 months ago
Lived 90 years
First mandate 29 October 1925 → 98 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 52 years + 1 month
Death 17 October 1963 → 60 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 37 years + 1 month after 13 September 1926
Special notes
None
 
Dugald Donaghy (1873–1963)
© Photo — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
As city solicitor for North Vancouver in the 1930s, Donaghy prosecuted a man who had become the chief target of his "war on crime," notably for procuring girls for prostitution and running a disorderly house. He was particularly offended by the fact that the brothel was frequented by Chinese men, telling the court, "There are no words in the English language to describe the abhorrence of white prostitutes being procured exclusively for the yellow men from China," and was aghast "that these girls should be submitted to crawling yellow beasts of the type frequenting such dives."
 

Elections or appointments outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate ✗
Legis. Council ✗
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Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve North Vancouver, British Columbia (1923–1925)
Mun./Co. Council North Vancouver, 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 0 10 14

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
15 documented challengers
⊖ William R. Dick  m 
⊖ Thomas H. Kirk  m 
⊖ Royal L. (Pat) Maitland  m 
⊖ William A. Pritchard  m 
⊖ Helen D. Smith  f 
⊖ Dorothy G. Steeves  f 
⊖ George A. Walkem  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Robert Wilkinson  m 
 		 ⊖ Eugene T. Kingsley  m 
⊖ Angus MacInnis  m 
⊖ Stanley S. McKeen  m 
⊖ William C. Shelly  m 
⊖ Nelson C. Spencer  m 
⊖ Henry H. Stevens  m 
⊖ George M. Weir  m 
 
Eligible: 12,947 Votes: 9,357 Participation: 72.27% Candidacies: 3
Federal
15		 British Columbia
29 October 1925
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
 LC  29 Jun 1926
ID: 21818(F) — 26 Jun 2023 19:48 ET
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 → New to Parliament
Age
52
LIB
 1/3 4,279 45.73% +585 Loser:
LC
 3,694 39.48% George H. Morden
After his election:
29 Jun 1926 52
LIB
 →
LC
 Change of government (became part of opposition)
Service: 10 months 15 days (Gov't & Oppo.)
Eligible: 27,707 Votes: 19,324 Participation: 69.74% Candidacies: 3
Federal
16		 British Columbia
14 September 1926
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22065(F) — 19 Sep 2022 13:12 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
52
LIB
 2/3 8,471 43.84% -1,855 Winner:
LC
 10,326 53.44% Henry H. Stevens
Eligible: 54,745 Votes: 180,634 Participation: 54.99% Candidacies: 15
Provincial
17		 British Columbia
18 July 1928
General
Plurality-at-large (6)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 29371(F) — 20 Sep 2022 19:59 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
54
LIB
 7/15 13,176 43.77% -2,593 Winner:
CONS
 15,769 52.38% George A. Walkem
Eligible: 34,692 Votes: 72,268 Participation: 66.44% Candidacies: 15
Provincial
18		 British Columbia
1 November 1933
General
Plurality-at-large (3)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 29424(F) — 12 Feb 2023 01:34 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
60
NPIG
 7/15 5,130 21.48% -4,263 Winner:
LIB
 9,393 39.32% Robert Wilkinson

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Dugald Donaghy		 18 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Dugald Donaghy		 18 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Dugald Donaghy		 18 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 18 Apr 2024 22:24 (but data presented dynamically)

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