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♂ Richard Forsyth
aliasRichard Forsyth
Record
20509 · 9380

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Saskatchewan 1 1 2
Birth c. 1869 → 155 years ago
Lived ± 85 years
First mandate 11 July 1912 → 111 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age ± 43 years
Death c. 1954 → 70 years ago
Exit → Death ± 36 years + 6 months after 25 June 1917
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 4 11 14 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
1 documented challenger
⊖ William O. Fraser  m 
 
 
Eligible: 2,375 Votes: 1,478 Participation: 62.23% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
3		 Saskatchewan
11 July 1912
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31153(F) — 16 Sep 2023 12:07 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±43
LIB
 1/2 756 51.15% +34 Loser:
CONS
 722 48.85% J.J. Heaslip

Service: 4 years 11 months 14 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,369 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
4		 Saskatchewan
26 June 1917
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31228(F) — 16 Sep 2023 12:11 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
±48
LIB
 2/2 1,464 43.46% -441 Winner:
CONS
 1,905 56.54% William O. Fraser

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
Richard Forsyth		 16 Sep 2023
EN Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, SELD: Members of the Legislative Assembly
Forsyth, Richard 1870 – 1954 (p. 12)		 16 Sep 2023

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