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♂ Henry H. Watson
aliasHenry H. Watson
Record
64204 · 8539

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
British Columbia 2 0 2
Birth 25 December 1867 → 156 years + 4 months ago
Lived 81 years
First mandate 25 November 1909 → 114 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 41 years + 11 months
Death 19 January 1949 → 75 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 32 years + 4 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 6 9 17 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
8 documented challengers
⊖ William J. Bowser  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Alexander H.B. MacGowan  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ William A. Pritchard  m 
⊖ James Stables  m 
 		 ⊖ Eugene T. Kingsley  m 
⊖ George A. McGuire  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Ralph Smith  m 
⊖ Charles E. Tisdall  m  (2 runoffs)
 
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
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
41
LC
 2/15 5,202 50.69% +1,092 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
44
LC
 5/16 4,977 53.76% +1,720 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
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
48		 Successor:
LIB
 7,056 44.24% John S. Cowper

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
Henry Holgate Watson		 29 Jul 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 29 Jul 2023 21:28 (but data presented dynamically)

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