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♂ Archibald B. Gillis
aliasArchibald B. Gillis
Record
23070 · 8848

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 83%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Saskatchewan 2 1 3
North-Western Territories 3 0 3
Total 5 1 6
Birth 28 January 1864 → 160 years + 3 months ago
Lived 75 years + 11 months
First mandate 31 October 1894 → 129 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 30 years + 9 months
Death 18 January 1940 → 84 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 27 years + 6 months after 10 July 1912
Special notes
None
 
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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
North-Western Territories 10 9 27 Z
Saskatchewan 6 6 25 Z
TOTAL 17 4 23

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NW 5
LICO
 1 Speaker 39–41 16 Apr 1903 — 31 Aug 1905 2 4 15

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 6  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Richard J. Phin  m 
 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 581 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Territorial
3		 North-Western Territories
31 October 1894
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LICO  Minority
ID: 30538(F) — 20 Jan 2023 22:12 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
30
IND
 1/2 300 51.64% +19 Loser:
IND
 281 48.36% W.C. Thorburn

Service: 4 years 3 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Territorial
4		 North-Western Territories
4 November 1898
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LICO  Minority
ID: 30571(F) — 20 Jan 2023 20:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
34
LICO
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 3 years 6 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Territorial
5		 North-Western Territories
21 May 1902
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LICO  Majority
ID: 30605(F) — 21 Jul 2021 17:10 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
38
LICO
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 3 years 3 months 10 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,329 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
1		 Saskatchewan
13 December 1905
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 30641(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
41
PRP
 1/2 867 65.24% +405 Loser:
LIB
 462 34.76% Archibald Cowan

Service: 2 years 8 months (Oppo.)
Eligible: 2,117 Votes: 1,561 Participation: 73.74% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
2		 Saskatchewan
14 August 1908
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31083(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
44
PRP
 1/2 1,001 64.13% +441 Loser:
LIB
 560 35.87% James Robinson

Service: 3 years 10 months 26 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 2,546 Votes: 1,988 Participation: 78.08% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
3		 Saskatchewan
11 July 1912
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31143(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
48
CONS
 2/2 982 49.40% -24 Winner:
LIB
 1,006 50.60% Richard J. Phin

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Archibald Beaton Gillis		 28 Dec 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Archibald Beaton Gillis		 28 Dec 2023
EN Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, SELD: Members of the Legislative Assembly
Gillis, Archibald Beaton 1864 – 1940 (p. 13)		 28 Dec 2023
EN Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, SELD: North-West Territories: Council and Legislative Assembly, 1876-1905
(pp. 5, 11-13, 16, 36)		 28 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
Archibald Beaton Gillis		 28 Dec 2023

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