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♂ Alexander G. Thorburn
aliasAlexander G. Thorburn
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
North-Western Territories 1 1 2
Birth 18 December 1836 → 187 years + 4 months ago
Lived 57 years + 1 month
First mandate 30 June 1888 → 135 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 51 years + 6 months
Death 21 January 1894 → 130 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 2 years + 2 months after 6 November 1891
Special notes
None
 

Alexander G. Thorburn (1836–1894)
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Family tie with other documented individual
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Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
North-Western Territories 3 4 6 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Daniel Campbell  m 
 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 427 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Territorial
1		 North-Western Territories
30 June 1888
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  INDE  Minority
ID: 30487(F) — 21 Jan 2023 12:07 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
51
IND
 1/3 166 38.88% +8 Loser:
IND
 158 37.00% Thomas G. Lyons

Service: 3 years 4 months 7 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 429 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Territorial
2		 North-Western Territories
7 November 1891
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  INDE  Minority
ID: 30506(F) — 21 Jan 2023 10:57 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
54
IND
 2/3 178 41.49% -19 Winner:
IND
 197 45.92% Daniel Campbell

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
Alexander Gillon Thorburn		 29 Dec 2023
EN Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, SELD: North-West Territories: Council and Legislative Assembly, 1876-1905
(pp. 9, 20, 36)		 29 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
Alexander Thorburn		 29 Dec 2023

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