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♂ Alexander J. Colquhoun
aliasAlexander J. Colquhoun
Record
12011 · 9148

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Saskatchewan 1 0 1
Birth c. 1868 → 156 years ago
Lived ± 83 years
First mandate 26 June 1917 → 106 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age ± 49 years
Death 5 February 1951 → 73 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 29 years + 7 months after 8 June 1921
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
Saskatchewan 3 11 12 Z

Electoral history

Race 1  
Path points 2  
1 documented challenger
⊖ David J. Wylie  m 
 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 4,173 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
4		 Saskatchewan
26 June 1917
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31204(F) — 9 Mar 2022 11:48 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±49
LIB
 1/2 2,229 53.41% +285 Loser:
CONS
 1,944 46.59% David J. Wylie

Service: 3 years 11 months 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,189 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
5		 Saskatchewan
9 June 1921
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31269(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
±53		 Successor:
LIB
 1,910 59.89% Peter L. Hyde

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
Alexander John Colquhoun		 16 Sep 2023
EN Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, SELD: Members of the Legislative Assembly
Colquhoun, Alexander John 1868 – 1951 (p. 7)		 16 Sep 2023
EN Wikipedia
Alexander John Colquhoun		 16 Sep 2023

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