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♂ Charles Wilson
aliasCharles Wilson
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 43%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
British Columbia 3 4 7
Birth 5 February 1841 → 183 years + 2 months ago
Lived 83 years
First mandate 23 July 1882 → 141 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 41 years + 5 months
Death 1 March 1924 → 100 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 17 years + 1 month after 1 February 1907
Special notes
None
 

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
British Columbia 7 3 27 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. BC 8
LC
 1 Party leader 59–62 01 May 1900 — 31 May 1903 3 0 30

Electoral history

Races 7  
Path points 7  
21 documented challengers
⊖ Robert Beaven  m 
⊖ Francis L. Carter-Cotton  m 
⊖ Simeon Duck  m 
⊖ James F. Garden  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ John Grant  m 
⊖ Harry Jones  m 
⊖ Robert Macpherson  m 
⊖ Joseph Mason  m 
⊖ George L. Milne  m 
⊖ Robert G. Tatlow  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ John M. Yorston  m 
 		 ⊖ William J. Bowser  m 
⊖ George Cowan  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ George Ferguson  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Hugh B. Gilmour  m 
⊖ John Irving  m 
⊖ Alexander H.B. MacGowan  m 
⊖ Joseph Martin  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Robert McLeese  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Robert L. Shaw  m 
⊖ John H. Turner  m 
 
Eligible: 512 Votes: 887 Participation: 65.23% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
4		 British Columbia
23 July 1882
General
Plurality-at-large (3)
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28657(F) — 23 Jul 2023 19:34 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
41
OPPO
 2/6 195 65.88% +78 Loser:
OPPO
 117 39.53% George Ferguson
After his election:
24 Jul 1882 41
OPPO
 →
GOV
 Changed allegiance (joined government)
Service: 3 years 11 months 13 days (Oppo. & Gov't)
Eligible: 456 Votes: 755 Participation: 60.53% Candidacies: 9
Provincial
5		 British Columbia
7 July 1886
General
Plurality-at-large (3)
Gov't  GOV  Majority
ID: 28678(F) — 2 Mar 2022 12:43 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
45
GOV
 4/9 90 35.71% -21 Winner:
GOV
 111 44.05% George Cowan
Eligible: 3,668 Votes: 7,179 Participation: 48.93% Candidacies: 9
Provincial
6		 British Columbia
13 June 1890
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28714(F) — 23 Dec 2023 14:53 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
49
IND
 8/9 570 31.75% -281 Winner:
GOV
 851 47.41% John H. Turner
Eligible: 7,940 Votes: 15,315 Participation: 48.22% Candidacies: 12
Provincial
9		 British Columbia
9 June 1900
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28815(F) — 23 Jul 2023 22:17 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
59
LC
 5/12 1,457 38.05% -8 Winner:
GOV
 1,465 38.26% Hugh B. Gilmour
Eligible: 7,378 Votes: 25,002 Participation: 75.01% Candidacies: 16
Provincial
10		 British Columbia
5 September 1903
General
Plurality-at-large (5)
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 28857(F) — 12 Feb 2023 15:07 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
62
LC
 3/16 2,416 48.32% +870 Loser:
LIB
 1,546 30.92% Joseph Martin
After his election:
5 Nov 1903 62
LC
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran in a ministerial by-election
Service: 2 months (Gov't)
Eligible: 7,378 Votes: 4,728 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
10		 British Columbia
18 November 1903
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 28879(F) — 14 Oct 2022 19:49 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
62
LC
 1/2 2,841 60.09% +954 Loser:
LIB
 1,887 39.91% J. Duff Stuart

Service: 3 years 2 months 14 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 566 Votes: 654 Participation: 57.77% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
11		 British Columbia
1 February 1907
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 28882(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
65
LC
 3/4 152 46.48% -31 Winner:
LIB
 183 55.96% John M. Yorston

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
Charles Wilson (British Columbia politician)		 30 Jul 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 30 Jul 2023 15:30 (but data presented dynamically)

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