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♂ David W. Strachan
aliasDavid W. Strachan
Record
59329 · 8580

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
British Columbia 2 2 4
Birth 28 June 1877 → 146 years + 10 months ago
Lived 81 years + 1 month
First mandate 1 November 1933 → 90 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 56 years + 4 months
Death 19 August 1958 → 65 years + 8 months ago
Exit → Death 16 years + 9 months after 20 October 1941
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 11 29 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Roderick C. MacDonald  m 
 		 ⊖ Frank P. Patterson  m 
 
Eligible: 5,787 Votes: 4,114 Participation: 71.09% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
18		 British Columbia
1 November 1933
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 29399(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
56
LIB
 1/6 1,235 30.34% +166 Loser:
NPIG
 1,069 26.26% David G. Morse

Service: 3 years 6 months 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,018 Votes: 4,846 Participation: 80.53% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
19		 British Columbia
1 June 1937
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 29438(F) — 3 Mar 2022 23:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
59
LIB
 2/3 1,618 33.98% -252 Winner:
CONS
 1,870 39.27% Frank P. Patterson
Eligible: 6,018 Votes: 5,548 Participation: 92.19% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
19		 British Columbia
20 May 1938
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 29555(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
60
LIB
 1/3 2,051 36.97% +123 Loser:
CONS
 1,928 34.75% William A. Jones

Service: 3 years 5 months (Gov't)
Eligible: 11,602 Votes: 8,183 Participation: 70.53% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
20		 British Columbia
21 October 1941
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 29523(F) — 24 Jul 2023 16:05 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
64
LIB
 3/3 2,532 31.39% -463 Winner:
CONS
 2,995 37.13% Roderick C. MacDonald

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
David William Strachan		 08 Sep 2023
FR Wikipédia
David William Strachan		 08 Sep 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  8 Sep 2023 07:41 (but data presented dynamically)

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