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♂ Francis L. Carter-Cotton
aliasFrancis L. Carter-Cotton
Record
9820 · 8527

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 89%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
British Columbia 8 1 9
Birth 11 October 1843 → 180 years + 6 months ago
Lived 76 years + 1 month
First mandate 13 June 1890 → 133 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 46 years + 8 months
Death 20 November 1919 → 104 years + 5 months ago
Exit → Death 3 years + 2 months after 13 September 1916
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 22 9 29 Z

Electoral history

Races 9  
Path points 10  
14 documented challengers
⊖ William J. Bowser  m 
⊖ John W.D. Farris  m 
⊖ Hugh B. Gilmour  m 
⊖ Robert Macpherson  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ James Orr  m 
⊖ Charles E. Tisdall  m 
⊖ Adolphus Williams  m 
 		 ⊖ John C. Brown  m 
⊖ James F. Garden  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ James W. Horne  m 
⊖ Joseph Martin  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Robert G. Tatlow  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ John W. Weart  m 
⊖ Charles Wilson  m 
 
Eligible: 3,032 Votes: 3,113 Participation: 51.34% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
6		 British Columbia
13 June 1890
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28711(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
46
OPPO
 1/6 1,123 72.13% +474 Loser:
OPPO
 649 41.68% Samuel Greer

Service: 4 years 23 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 3,790 Votes: 8,127 Participation: 71.48% Candidacies: 7
Provincial
7		 British Columbia
7 July 1894
General
Plurality-at-large (3)
Gov't  GOV  Majority
ID: 28739(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
OPPO
 3/7 1,736 64.08% +757 Loser:
GOV
 979 36.14% Robert G. Tatlow

Service: 4 years 1 day (Oppo.)
Eligible: 5,954 Votes: 10,636 Participation: 44.66% Candidacies: 8
Provincial
8		 British Columbia
9 July 1898
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28773(F) — 23 Jul 2023 20:19 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
54
OPPO
 3/8 1,667 62.69% +510 Loser:
GOV
 1,157 43.51% James F. Garden
After his election:
10 Jul 1898 54
OPPO
 →
GOV
 Changed allegiance (joined government)
15 Aug 1898 54
GOV
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran in a ministerial by-election
Service: 1 month 6 days (Oppo. & Gov't)
Eligible: 5,954 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacies: 2
Provincial
8		 British Columbia
15 October 1898
By-Election
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28789(F) — 14 Oct 2022 19:41 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
55
GOV
 1/2 By acclamation

Service: 1 year 7 months 24 days (Gov't)
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
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
56
PROV
 10/12 802 20.95% -663 Winner:
GOV
 1,465 38.26% Hugh B. Gilmour
Eligible: 1,131 Votes: 780 Participation: 68.97% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
10		 British Columbia
5 September 1903
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 28866(F) — 28 Jul 2023 22:01 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
59
LC
 1/2 460 58.97% +140 Loser:
LIB
 320 41.03% John C. Brown

Service: 3 years 4 months 27 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 1,446 Votes: 868 Participation: 60.03% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
11		 British Columbia
1 February 1907
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 28903(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
63
LC
 1/3 417 48.04% +14 Loser:
LIB
 403 46.43% John W. Weart

Service: 2 years 9 months 23 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,060 Votes: 1,585 Participation: 51.80% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
12		 British Columbia
25 November 1909
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 28942(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
66
LC
 1/2 918 57.92% +251 Loser:
LIB
 667 42.08% John W.D. Farris

Service: 2 years 4 months 2 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,359 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
13		 British Columbia
28 March 1912
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 28978(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
68
LC
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 4 years 5 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,490 Votes: 2,665 Participation: 59.35% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
14		 British Columbia
14 September 1916
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 29016(F) — 3 Mar 2022 08:06 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
72		 Successor:
LIB
 1,441 54.07% Gerald G. McGeer

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
Francis Lovett Carter-Cotton		 31 Jul 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 31 Jul 2023 23:45 (but data presented dynamically)

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