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♂ Alexander Lucas
aliasAlexander Lucas
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
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British Columbia 2 1 3
North-Western Territories 0 1 1
Total 2 2 4
Birth 2 September 1852 → 171 years + 7 months ago
Lived 89 years + 9 months
First mandate 24 December 1910 → 113 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 58 years + 3 months
Death 8 June 1942 → 81 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 25 years + 8 months after 13 September 1916
Special notes
None
 
Alexander Lucas (1852–1942)
© Photo c.1902 — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
Lucas was known for his anti-Chinese immigration views, and during his term as mayor of Calgary (1892–1894), he formed a branch of the Anti-Chinese League. Moving to British Columbia in 1897, he served two terms as a Liberal-Conservative in the legislature from December 1910 until his defeat in September 1916.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
British Columbia 5 8 19 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Oswald A. Critchley  m 
⊖ Joseph Walters  m 
 		 ⊖ Arthur L.W. Sifton  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 668 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Territorial
3		 North-Western Territories
31 October 1894
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LICO  Minority
ID: 30541(F) — 20 Jan 2023 22:11 ET
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 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
42
IND
 2/3 228 34.13% -8 Winner:
IND
 236 35.33% Oswald A. Critchley
Eligible: 1,006 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
12		 British Columbia
24 December 1910
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 28954(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
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 → New to this legislature
Age
58
LC
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 1 year 3 months 3 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 1,279 Votes: 803 Participation: 62.78% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
13		 British Columbia
28 March 1912
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 28987(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
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 Re-elected incumbent
Age
59
LC
 1/2 524 65.26% +245 Loser:
LIB
 279 34.74% John P. McConnell

Service: 4 years 5 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 2,251 Votes: 1,418 Participation: 62.99% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
14		 British Columbia
14 September 1916
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 29025(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
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 Defeated incumbent →
Age
64
LC
 2/2 609 42.95% -200 Winner:
LIB
 809 57.05% Joseph Walters

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
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Alexander Lucas		 03 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
Alexander Lucas		 03 Feb 2024

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