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♂ Hugh C. Farthing
aliasHugh C. Farthing
Record
19302 · 8279

Anglican   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
Alberta 1 1 2
Total 1 2 3
Birth 17 July 1892 → 131 years + 9 months ago
Lived 75 years + 10 months
First mandate 19 June 1930 → 93 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 37 years + 11 months
Death 8 June 1968 → 55 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 32 years + 9 months after 21 August 1935
Special notes
None
 
Hugh C. Farthing (1892–1968) 200x180
© Photo 1940 William John Oliver — 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 5 2 1 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
13 documented challengers
⊖ Frederick Anderson  m 
⊖ Edith H. Gostick  f 
⊖ John Irwin  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Aylmer J.E. Liesemer  m 
⊖ Harold W. McGill  m 
⊖ George H. Ross  m 
⊖ Fred J. White  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ John J. Bowlen  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ John W. Hugill  m 
⊖ John C. Landeryou  m 
⊖ Ernest C. Manning  m 
⊖ Robert H. Parkyn  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ George H. Webster  m 
 
Eligible: 43,217 Votes: 24,981 Participation: 57.80% Candidacies: 13
Provincial
7		 Alberta
19 June 1930
General
Single trans. vote (6)
Gov't  UFA  Majority
ID: 27724(F) — 29 Oct 2022 11:49 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
37
CONS
 1/13 2,279 9.33% +735 Loser:
IND
 1,544 6.32% Robert H. Parkyn

Service: 5 years 2 months 2 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 52,244 Votes: 42,001 Participation: 80.39% Candidacies: 20
Provincial
8		 Alberta
22 August 1935
General
Single trans. vote (6)
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 27783(F) — 29 Oct 2022 12:14 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
43
CONS
 9/20 2,090 5.07% -1,062 Winner:
SC
 3,152 7.65% John W. Hugill
Eligible: 30,381 Votes: 21,118 Participation: 69.51% Candidacies: 4
Federal
19		 Alberta
26 March 1940
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22865(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
47
NATG
 3/4 4,987 23.61% -828 Winner:
LIB
 5,815 27.54% George H. Ross

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Hugh C. Farthing KC		 14 Jan 2024
EN Wikipedia
Hugh Farthing		 14 Jan 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 14 Jan 2024 10:04 (but data presented dynamically)

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