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♂ Alexander H.B. MacGowan
aliasAlexander H.B. MacGowan
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 80%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
British Columbia 4 1 5
Birth 14 April 1850 → 174 years ago
Lived 77 years
First mandate 5 September 1903 → 120 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 53 years + 4 months
Death 23 April 1927 → 97 years ago
Exit → Death 10 years + 7 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 13 0 6 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
19 documented challengers
⊖ William J. Bowser  m  (5 runoffs)
⊖ John W.D. Farris  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Alexander Henderson  m 
⊖ Malcolm A. MacDonald  m 
⊖ George A. McGuire  m  (4 runoffs)
⊖ John W. McIntosh  m 
⊖ William A. Pritchard  m 
⊖ James Stables  m 
⊖ Charles E. Tisdall  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Charles Wilson  m 
 		 ⊖ John S. Cowper  m 
⊖ James F. Garden  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Eugene T. Kingsley  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Joseph Martin  m 
⊖ Wm. Wallace B. McInnes  m 
⊖ Robert P. McLennan  m 
⊖ Ralph Smith  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Robert G. Tatlow  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Henry H. Watson  m  (2 runoffs)
 
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
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
53
LC
 5/16 2,300 46.00% +754 Loser:
LIB
 1,546 30.92% Joseph Martin

Service: 3 years 4 months 27 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 9,747 Votes: 30,173 Participation: 61.91% Candidacies: 17
Provincial
11		 British Columbia
1 February 1907
General
Plurality-at-large (5)
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 28910(F) — 19 Jan 2024 08:09 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
56
LC
 2/17 3,141 52.05% +825 Loser:
LIB
 2,316 38.38% Robert P. McLennan

Service: 2 years 9 months 23 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 19,220 Votes: 51,316 Participation: 53.40% Candidacies: 15
Provincial
12		 British Columbia
25 November 1909
General
Plurality-at-large (5)
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 28949(F) — 19 Sep 2022 13:12 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
59
LC
 3/15 5,190 50.57% +1,080 Loser:
LIB
 4,110 40.05% John H. Senkler

Service: 2 years 4 months 2 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 20,393 Votes: 46,285 Participation: 45.39% Candidacies: 16
Provincial
13		 British Columbia
28 March 1912
General
Plurality-at-large (5)
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 28985(F) — 2 Mar 2022 22:57 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
61
LC
 4/16 5,061 54.67% +1,804 Loser:
LIB
 3,257 35.18% Ralph Smith

Service: 4 years 5 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 27,578 Votes: 95,705 Participation: 57.84% Candidacies: 19
Provincial
14		 British Columbia
14 September 1916
General
Plurality-at-large (6)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 29023(F) — 3 Mar 2022 08:12 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
66
LC
 12/19 5,906 37.03% -1,150 Winner:
LIB
 7,056 44.24% John S. Cowper

Online biographical reference

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Alexander Henry Boswall MacGowan		 26 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 26 Aug 2023 16:09 (but data presented dynamically)

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