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♂ Alexander Edmund Batson Davie
aliasA.E.B. Davie
Record
14558 · 8495

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 80%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
British Columbia 4 1 5
Birth 24 November 1847 → 176 years + 5 months ago
Lived 41 years + 8 months
First mandate 20 October 1875 → 148 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 27 years + 10 months
Death 1 August 1889 → 134 years + 8 months ago
Died in office Yes
Special notes
None
 
Alexander Edmund Batson Davie (1847–1889)
© Photo Legislative Assembly, British Columbia — Public domain
Family ties with other documented individuals
⊖ Theodore Davie (1852–1898) Brother  
⊖ E. Davie Fulton (1916–2000) Grandson  
⊖ Frederick J. Fulton (1862–1936) Son-in-law
⊖ Albert D. (Burke) McPhillips (1904–1971) Grandson  
⊖ Albert E. McPhillips (1861–1938) Son-in-law
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
British Columbia 8 5 2 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. BC 5
GOV
 1 Premier 39–41 01 Apr 1887 — 01 Aug 1889 2 4 0

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
7 documented challengers
⊖ Edward (Ned) Allen  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ George Cowan  m 
⊖ William Morrison  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ George A. (Boomer) Walkem  m 
 		 ⊖ William M. Brown  m 
⊖ John Evans  m 
⊖ William Saul  m 
 
Eligible: 473 Votes: 852 Participation: 60.04% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
2		 British Columbia
20 October 1875
General
Plurality-at-large (3)
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28620(F) — 23 Jul 2023 17:14 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
27
IOPP
 2/6 199 70.07% +82 Loser:
GOV
 117 41.20% Edward Pearson
After his election:
21 Oct 1875 27
IOPP
 →
GOV
 Changed allegiance (joined government)
15 May 1877 29
GOV
 →
Vac.
 Unsuccessfully ran in a ministerial by-election
Service: 1 year 6 months 25 days (Oppo. & Gov't)
Eligible: 473 Votes: 304 Participation: 64.27% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
2		 British Columbia
20 June 1877
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28638(F) — 14 Oct 2022 19:32 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
29
GOV
 2/2 123 40.46% -58 Winner:
OPPO
 181 59.54% George Cowan
Eligible: 190 Votes: 237 Participation: 62.37% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
4		 British Columbia
23 July 1882
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28662(F) — 23 Jul 2023 18:48 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
34
OPPO
 1/5 69 57.98% +24 Loser:
OPPO
 45 37.82% William Morrison
After his election:
24 Jul 1882 34
OPPO
 →
GOV
 Changed allegiance (joined government)
29 Jan 1883 35
GOV
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran in a ministerial by-election
Service: 6 months 6 days (Oppo. & Gov't)
Eligible: 190 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
4		 British Columbia
31 March 1883
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28674(F) — 14 Oct 2022 19:36 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
35
GOV
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 3 years 3 months 6 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 200 Votes: 309 Participation: 77.25% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
5		 British Columbia
7 July 1886
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  GOV  Majority
ID: 28684(F) — 23 Jul 2023 17:43 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
38
GOV
 1/5 93 60.00% +36 Loser:
IND
 57 36.77% William Morrison
After his election:
1 Aug 1889 41
GOV
 →
Vac.
 Died in office
Service: 3 years 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 200 Votes: 157 Participation: 78.50% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
5		 British Columbia
21 September 1889
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Majority
ID: 28701(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
—
 Deceased
Age
41		 Successor:
GOV
 94 59.87% Alfred W. Smith

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Canadian Encyclopedia
Alexander Edmund Batson Davie		 24 Apr 2024
FR Encyclopédie canadienne
Alexander Edmund Batson Davie		 24 Apr 2024
EN Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Davie, Alexander Edmund Batson		 24 Apr 2024
FR Dictionnaire biographique du Canada
Davie, Alexander Edmund Batson		 24 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Alexander Edmund Batson Davie		 24 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Alexander Edmund Batson Davie		 24 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 24 Apr 2024 20:40 (but data presented dynamically)

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