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♂ Benjamin P. Richardson
aliasBenjamin P. Richardson
Record
52478 · 8849

Methodist   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
North-Western Territories 1 2 3
Birth 22 July 1857 → 166 years + 9 months ago
Lived 53 years
First mandate 30 June 1888 → 135 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 30 years + 11 months
Death 8 August 1910 → 113 years + 8 months ago
Exit → Death 18 years + 9 months after 6 November 1891
Special notes
None
 
Benjamin P. Richardson (1857–1910) 200x204
© Photo — Public domain
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 3 4 6 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
2 documented challengers
⊖ James P. Dill  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Richard S. Lake  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 412 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Territorial
1		 North-Western Territories
30 June 1888
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  INDE  Minority
ID: 30488(F) — 21 Jan 2023 12:08 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
30
IND
 1/2 209 50.73% +6 Loser:
IND
 203 49.27% James P. Dill

Service: 3 years 4 months 7 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 525 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Territorial
2		 North-Western Territories
7 November 1891
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  INDE  Minority
ID: 30507(F) — 21 Jan 2023 11:25 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
34
IND
 2/2 213 40.57% -99 Winner:
IND
 312 59.43% James P. Dill
Eligible: inc. Votes: 504 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Territorial
4		 North-Western Territories
4 November 1898
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LICO  Minority
ID: 30575(F) — 19 Jan 2023 22:27 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
41
LICO
 2/2 153 30.36% -198 Winner:
LICO
 351 69.64% Richard S. Lake

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, SELD: North-West Territories: Council and Legislative Assembly, 1876-1905
(pp. 9, 19, 24, 36)		 29 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
Benjamin Parkyn Richardson		 29 Dec 2023

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