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♂ Ambrose U.G. Bury
aliasAmbrose U.G. Bury
Record
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Irish-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 2 1 3
Alberta 0 1 1
Total 2 2 4
Birth 1 August 1869 → 154 years + 8 months ago
Lived 81 years + 7 months
First mandate 29 October 1925 → 98 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 56 years + 2 months
Death 29 March 1951 → 73 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 15 years + 5 months after 13 October 1935
Special notes
None
 
Ambrose U.G. Bury (1869–1951) 200x261
© 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 1 0

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
15 documented challengers
⊖ Joseph W. Adair  m 
⊖ Adéodat Boileau  m 
⊖ John R. Boyle  m 
⊖ James K. Cornwall  m 
⊖ Albert F. Ewing  m 
⊖ Jan Lakeman  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Andrew R. McLennan  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ William Short  m 
 		 ⊖ Kenneth A. Blatchford  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ John C. Bowen  m 
⊖ Ernest M. Brown  m 
⊖ Herbert H. Crawford  m 
⊖ Jeremiah W. Heffernan  m 
⊖ Nellie L. McClung  f 
⊖ Elmer E. Roper  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 75,758 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 26
Provincial
5		 Alberta
18 July 1921
General
Plurality-at-large (5)
Gov't  UFA  Majority
ID: 27610(F) — 29 Oct 2022 11:00 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
51
CONS
 14/26 2,509 16.56% -2,780 Winner:
LIB
 5,289 34.91% Jeremiah W. Heffernan
Eligible: 19,958 Votes: 10,134 Participation: 50.78% Candidacies: 3
Federal
15		 Alberta
29 October 1925
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
 LC  29 Oct 1925
ID: 21799(F) — 26 Jun 2023 19:25 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
56
LC
 1/3 3,927 38.75% +487 Loser:
LIB
 3,440 33.95% Andrew R. McLennan
After his election:
29 Oct 1925 56
LIB
 →
LC
 Change of government (became part of government)
Service: 10 months 15 days (Oppo. & Gov't)
Eligible: 19,958 Votes: 11,456 Participation: 57.40% Candidacies: 3
Federal
16		 Alberta
14 September 1926
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22048(F) — 10 Sep 2022 16:54 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
57
LC
 2/3 4,925 42.99% -165 Winner:
LIB
 5,090 44.43% Kenneth A. Blatchford
Eligible: 22,466 Votes: 14,350 Participation: 63.87% Candidacies: 5
Federal
17		 Alberta
28 July 1930
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 22322(F) — 10 Sep 2022 16:49 ET
✓
 → Returned to Parliament after hiatus
Age
60
LC
 1/5 6,662 46.43% +1,741 Loser:
LIB
 4,921 34.29% Kenneth A. Blatchford

Service: 5 years 2 months 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 24,956 Votes: 16,212 Participation: 64.96% Candidacies: 6
Federal
18		 Alberta
14 October 1935
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22594(F) — 25 Jan 2022 21:27 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
66		 Successor:
SC
 5,721 35.29% William S. Hall

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
Ambrose Upton Gledstanes Bury		 11 Jan 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Ambrose Upton Gledstanes Bury, K.C., M.P.		 11 Jan 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Ambrose Upton Gledstanes Bury, C.R., député		 11 Jan 2024
EN Wikipedia
Ambrose Bury		 11 Jan 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 11 Jan 2024 20:28 (but data presented dynamically)

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