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♂ Matthew McCauley
aliasMatthew McCauley
Record
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Irish-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Alberta 1 0 1
North-Western Territories 2 1 3
Total 3 1 4
Birth 11 July 1850 → 173 years + 9 months ago
Lived 80 years + 3 months
First mandate 4 August 1896 → 127 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 46 years
Death 25 October 1930 → 93 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 24 years + 3 months after 5 July 1906
Special notes
None
 
Matthew McCauley (1850–1930)
© 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
Alberta 0 7 25 Z
North-Western Territories 5 9 12 Z
TOTAL 6 5 7

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Alexander C. Rutherford  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Richard Secord  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 967 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Territorial
3		 North-Western Territories
4 August 1896
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  INDE  Minority
ID: 30613(F) — 20 Jan 2023 21:09 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
46
IND
 1/2 567 58.63% +167 Loser:
IND
 400 41.37% Alexander C. Rutherford

Service: 2 years 2 months 30 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,080 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Territorial
4		 North-Western Territories
4 November 1898
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LICO  Minority
ID: 30550(F) — 20 Jan 2023 08:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
48
IND
 1/2 582 53.89% +84 Loser:
IND
 498 46.11% Alexander C. Rutherford

Service: 3 years 6 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,105 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Territorial
5		 North-Western Territories
21 May 1902
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LICO  Majority
ID: 30582(F) — 1 Mar 2022 12:53 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
51
IND
 2/3 519 46.97% -8 Winner:
IND
 527 47.69% Richard Secord
Eligible: inc. Votes: 921 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
1		 Alberta
9 November 1905
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 27409(F) — 5 Mar 2022 13:34 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
55
LIB
 1/2 673 73.07% +425 Loser:
CONS
 248 26.93% F.W. Fane
After his election:
5 Jul 1906 55
LIB
 →
Vac.
 To accept an appointment (judge, senator, etc.)
Service: 7 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
1		 Alberta
16 July 1906
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 27413(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
56		 Successor:
LIB
 Acclam. James B. Holden

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Matthew McCauley		 28 Dec 2023
EN Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, SELD: North-West Territories: Council and Legislative Assembly, 1876-1905
(pp. 11-12, 18, 24)		 28 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
Matthew McCauley (politician)		 28 Dec 2023

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