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♂ Samson Wallace Arthur
aliasSamson Wallace Arthur
Record
1616 · 9235

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Saskatchewan 1 1 2
Birth 17 July 1875 → 148 years + 9 months ago
Lived 72 years + 5 months
First mandate 6 June 1929 → 94 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 53 years + 10 months
Death 10 January 1948 → 76 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 13 years + 6 months after 18 June 1934
Special notes
None
 
Samson Wallace Arthur (1875–1948)
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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
Saskatchewan 5 0 11 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
2 documented challengers
⊖ William J. Patterson  m 
 		 ⊖ Albert E. Steele  m 
 
Eligible: 4,871 Votes: 3,800 Participation: 78.01% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
7		 Saskatchewan
6 June 1929
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
 CONS  9 Sep 1929
ID: 31449(F) — 27 Oct 2023 14:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
53
IND
 1/2 1,913 50.34% +26 Loser:
LIB
 1,887 49.66% Albert E. Steele
After his election:
9 Sep 1929 54
LIB
 →
CONS
 Change of government (remained in opposition)
Service: 5 years 12 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 9,437 Votes: 8,449 Participation: 89.53% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
8		 Saskatchewan
19 June 1934
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31521(F) — 24 Sep 2022 19:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
58
CONS
 3/3 2,075 24.56% -2,147 Winner:
LIB
 4,222 49.97% William J. Patterson

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
Samson Wallace Arthur		 23 Mar 2024
EN Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, SELD: Members of the Legislative Assembly
Arthur, Samson Wallace 1875 – 1948 (p. 1)		 23 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Samson Wallace Arthur		 23 Mar 2024

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