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♂ Ezra H. Riley
aliasEzra H. Riley
Record
52668 · 7945

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Alberta 2 1 3
Birth 5 June 1866 → 157 years + 10 months ago
Lived 70 years + 7 months
First mandate 7 December 1906 → 117 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 40 years + 6 months
Death 5 January 1937 → 87 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 26 years + 7 months after 3 June 1910
Special notes
None
 
Ezra H. Riley (1866–1937) 200x212
© Photo Legislative Assembly, Alberta — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Harold W.H. Riley (1877–1946) Brother  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Alberta 3 5 25 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Archibald J. (A.J.) McArthur  m 
 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 995 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
1		 Alberta
7 December 1906
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 27414(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
40
LIB
 1/2 560 56.28% +125 Loser:
CONS
 435 43.72% W.L. Walsh

Service: 2 years 3 months 14 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 1,666 Votes: 1,296 Participation: 77.79% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
2		 Alberta
22 March 1909
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 27421(F) — 5 Mar 2022 14:34 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
42
LIB
 1/2 770 59.46% +245 Loser:
CONS
 525 40.54% James Shouldice
After his election:
3 Jun 1910 43
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Amidst controversy
Service: 1 year 2 months 12 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,038 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
2		 Alberta
3 October 1910
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 27461(F) — 5 Mar 2022 14:54 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
44
IND
 2/2 919 45.09% -200 Winner:
LIB
 1,119 54.91% Archibald J. (A.J.) McArthur

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Ezra H. Riley		 08 Jan 2024
EN Wikipedia
Ezra Riley		 08 Jan 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  8 Jan 2024 20:31 (but data presented dynamically)

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