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♂ Richard J. Phin
aliasRichard J. Phin
Record
49514 · 9347

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Saskatchewan 2 0 2
Birth 1 January 1859 → 165 years + 4 months ago
Lived 80 years + 9 months
First mandate 11 July 1912 → 111 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 53 years + 6 months
Death 12 October 1939 → 84 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 18 years + 4 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 8 10 26 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Archibald B. Gillis  m 
 
 
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
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
53
LIB
 1/2 1,006 50.60% +24 Loser:
CONS
 982 49.40% Archibald B. Gillis

Service: 4 years 11 months 14 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,244 Votes: 3,156 Participation: 74.36% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
4		 Saskatchewan
26 June 1917
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31217(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
58
LIB
 1/2 1,679 53.20% +202 Loser:
CONS
 1,477 46.80% Robert L. Kidd

Service: 3 years 11 months 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,387 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
5		 Saskatchewan
9 June 1921
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31281(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
62		 Successor:
LIB
 1,624 47.95% William J. Patterson

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
Richard James Phin		 17 Sep 2023
EN Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, SELD: Members of the Legislative Assembly
Phin, Richard James 1859 – 1939 (p. 31)		 17 Sep 2023
EN Wikipedia
Richard James Phin		 17 Sep 2023

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