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♂ Alexander C. Rutherford
aliasAlexander C. Rutherford
Record
54465 · 7957

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Alberta 2 1 3
North-Western Territories 1 2 3
Total 3 3 6
Birth 2 February 1857 → 167 years + 3 months ago
Lived 84 years + 4 months
First mandate 21 May 1902 → 121 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 45 years + 3 months
Death 11 June 1941 → 82 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 28 years + 1 month after 16 April 1913
Special notes
None
 
Alexander C. Rutherford (1857–1941) 200x234
© Photo 1908–10 Elliott & Fry — 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
North-Western Territories 3 3 10 Z
Alberta 7 5 5 Z
TOTAL 10 8 16

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. AB 1–2
LIB
 1 Party leader 48–53 01 Sep 1905 — 25 May 1910 4 8 24
2. AB 1–2
LIB
 1 Premier 48–53 02 Sep 1905 — 25 May 1910 4 8 23

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 6  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Herbert H. Crawford  m 
⊖ Rice Sheppard  m 
 		 ⊖ Matthew McCauley  m  (2 runoffs)
 
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
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
39
IND
 2/2 400 41.37% -167 Winner:
IND
 567 58.63% Matthew McCauley
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
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
41
IND
 2/2 498 46.11% -84 Winner:
IND
 582 53.89% Matthew McCauley
Eligible: inc. Votes: 645 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Territorial
5		 North-Western Territories
21 May 1902
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LICO  Majority
ID: 30596(F) — 21 Jul 2021 17:10 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
45
LICO
 1/2 577 89.46% +509 Loser:
IND
 68 10.54% N.D. Mills

Service: 3 years 3 months 10 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 931 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
1		 Alberta
9 November 1905
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 27407(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
48
LIB
 1/2 625 67.13% +319 Loser:
CONS
 306 32.87% F.W. Crang

Service: 3 years 4 months 12 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 1,948 Votes: 1,207 Participation: 61.96% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
2		 Alberta
22 March 1909
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 27436(F) — 5 Mar 2022 15:25 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
52
LIB
 1/2 1,034 85.67% +861 Loser:
CONS
 173 14.33% Rice Sheppard

Service: 4 years 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,415 Votes: 2,798 Participation: 63.37% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
3		 Alberta
17 April 1913
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 27519(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
56
LIB
 2/2 1,275 45.57% -248 Winner:
CONS
 1,523 54.43% Herbert H. Crawford

Online biographical references (5)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Canadian Encyclopedia
Alexander Cameron Rutherford		 29 Dec 2023
FR Encyclopédie canadienne
Rutherford, Alexander Cameron		 29 Dec 2023
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Alexander C. Rutherford, KC		 29 Dec 2023
EN Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, SELD: North-West Territories: Council and Legislative Assembly, 1876-1905
(pp. 13, 19, 24, 34)		 29 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
Alexander Cameron Rutherford		 29 Dec 2023
FR Wikipédia
Alexander Cameron Rutherford		 29 Dec 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
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