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♂ Charles R. Mitchell
aliasCharles R. Mitchell
Record
43801 · 8001

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 80%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Alberta 4 1 5
Birth 30 November 1872 → 151 years + 5 months ago
Lived 69 years + 8 months
First mandate 29 June 1910 → 113 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 37 years + 6 months
Death 16 August 1942 → 81 years + 8 months ago
Exit → Death 16 years + 4 months after 17 March 1926
Special notes
None
 
Charles R. Mitchell (1872–1942)
© Photo 1942 — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Peter Mitchell (1824–1899) Uncle  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Alberta 15 5 27 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. AB 5
LIB
 1 Party leader 51–53 27 Nov 1924 — 17 Mar 1926 1 3 18
2. AB 5
LIB
 1 Opposition Leader 52–53 19 Feb 1925 — 12 Mar 1926 1 0 21

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Nelson C. Spencer  m 
 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,804 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
2		 Alberta
29 June 1910
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 27459(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
37
LIB
 1/2 1,134 62.86% +464 Loser:
CONS
 670 37.14% W. Huckvale

Service: 2 years 8 months 24 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,666 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
3		 Alberta
17 April 1913
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 27490(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
40
LIB
 2/2 1,823 49.73% -20 Winner:
CONS
 1,843 50.27% Nelson C. Spencer
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
3		 Alberta
12 June 1913
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 27528(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
40
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 3 years 11 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 1,466 Votes: 1,039 Participation: 70.87% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
4		 Alberta
7 June 1917
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 27536(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
44
LIB
 1/2 604 58.13% +169 Loser:
CONS
 435 41.87% Edmund F. Purcell

Service: 4 years 1 month 10 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 2,669 Votes: 2,351 Participation: 88.09% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
5		 Alberta
18 July 1921
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UFA  Majority
ID: 27599(F) — 5 Mar 2022 19:32 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
48
LIB
 1/2 1,694 72.30% +1,045 Loser:
UFA
 649 27.70% George A. Love
After his election:
17 Mar 1926 53
LIB
 →
Vac.
 To accept an appointment (judge, senator, etc.)
Service: 4 years 7 months 27 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 3,750 Votes: 2,545 Participation: 67.90% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
6		 Alberta
28 June 1926
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  UFA  Majority
ID: 27670(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
53		 Successor:
LIB
 847 35.94% Joseph T. Shaw

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Charles R. Mitchell, KC		 05 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Charles Richmond Mitchell		 05 Mar 2024

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