Canada's electoral history from 1867 to today

Thomas Henry Blow
aliasThomas Henry Blow
Record
5471 · 8050

Type of record
Elected candidate
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate
Deceased Performance: 50%
 
Alberta 2 2 4
Birth 22 January 1862 → 162 years + 3 months ago
Lived 70 years + 11 months
First mandate 17 April 1913 → 111 years + 17 days ago
↳ at age 51 years + 2 months
Death 27 December 1932 → 91 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 11 years + 5 months after 17 July 1921
Special notes
None
 
Thomas Henry Blow (1862–1932)
© Photo Legislative Assembly, Alberta — 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 8 2 29 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
13 documented challengers
Herbert B. Adshead  m 
William H. Cushing  m 
William Egbert  m 
William Irvine  m 
Robert H. Parkyn  m 
Alexander Ross  m 
Fred J. White  m 
 
Richard B. Bennett  m 
Robert C. Edwards  m 
Samuel B. Hillocks  m 
Robert C. Marshall  m 
Robert Pearson  m 
George H. Webster  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 9,589 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Provincial
2
Alberta
22 March 1909
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 27418(F) — 5 Mar 2022 14:13 ET
Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
47
CONS
4/5 1,907 39.77% -516 Winner:
CONS
2,423 50.53% Richard B. Bennett
Eligible: 7,958 Votes: 5,077 Participation: 63.80% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
3
Alberta
17 April 1913
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 27516(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
→ New to this legislature
Age
51
CONS
1/2 3,654 71.97% +2,231 Loser:
LAB
1,423 28.03% C.T. Jones

Service:
4 years 1 month 20 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 14,401 Votes: 6,817 Participation: 47.34% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
4
Alberta
7 June 1917
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 27539(F) — 28 Oct 2022 23:42 ET
Re-elected incumbent
Age
55
CONS
1/3 3,273 48.01% +1,025 Loser:
LRL
2,248 32.98% William Irvine

Service:
4 years 1 month 10 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 32,103 Votes: 75,876 Participation: 53.50% Candidacies: 20
Provincial
5
Alberta
18 July 1921
General
Plurality-at-large (5)
Gov't  UFA  Majority
ID: 27600(F) — 29 Oct 2022 09:48 ET
Defeated incumbent →
Age
59
CONS
12/20 3,090 20.36% -2,051 Winner:
IND
5,141 33.88% Robert Pearson

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Dr. Thomas H. Blow
17 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Thomas Blow
17 Mar 2024


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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 17 Mar 2024 19:47 (but data presented dynamically)