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♂ Henry B. Thomson
aliasHenry B. Thomson
Record
61140 · 8542

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
British Columbia 3 0 3
Birth 21 July 1870 → 153 years + 9 months ago
Lived 69 years + 1 month
First mandate 1 February 1907 → 117 years + 2 months ago
↳ at age 36 years + 6 months
Death 17 September 1939 → 84 years + 7 months ago
Exit → Death 23 years + 4 days 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 9 7 9 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
9 documented challengers
⊖ Henry F.W. Behnsen  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ William G. Cameron  m 
⊖ Richard L. Drury  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Richard McBride  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ John Oliver  m 
 		 ⊖ Harlan C. Brewster  m 
⊖ Frederick Davey  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Richard Hall  m 
⊖ James D. McNiven  m 
 
Eligible: 5,066 Votes: 12,548 Participation: 61.92% Candidacies: 12
Provincial
11		 British Columbia
1 February 1907
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 28911(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
36
LC
 4/12 1,377 43.90% +185 Loser:
LIB
 1,192 38.00% Richard L. Drury

Service: 2 years 9 months 23 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 8,005 Votes: 19,320 Participation: 60.34% Candidacies: 9
Provincial
12		 British Columbia
25 November 1909
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 28950(F) — 2 Mar 2022 22:42 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
39
LC
 4/9 2,465 51.04% +247 Loser:
IND
 2,218 45.92% Alfred J. Morley

Service: 2 years 4 months 2 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 7,930 Votes: 16,034 Participation: 50.55% Candidacies: 8
Provincial
13		 British Columbia
28 March 1912
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 28986(F) — 2 Mar 2022 23:02 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
41
LC
 2/8 2,641 65.88% +592 Loser:
LIB
 2,049 51.11% Harlan C. Brewster

Service: 4 years 5 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 13,277 Votes: 30,751 Participation: 57.90% Candidacies: 12
Provincial
14		 British Columbia
14 September 1916
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 29024(F) — 3 Mar 2022 08:19 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
46		 Successor:
LIB
 3,161 41.12% Henry C. Hall

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
Henry Broughton Thomson		 17 Sep 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 17 Sep 2023 13:31 (but data presented dynamically)

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