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♂ Edgar D.R. Bissett
aliasEdgar D.R. Bissett
Record
5026 · 9535

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 25%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 2 3
Manitoba 0 1 1
Total 1 3 4
Birth 3 May 1889 → 134 years + 11 months ago
Lived 100 years + 8 months
First mandate 14 September 1926 → 97 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 37 years + 4 months
Death 14 January 1990 → 34 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 59 years + 5 months after 27 July 1930
Special notes
None
 

Edgar D.R. Bissett (1889–1990)
No photo available
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Joan Bissett Neiman (1920–2022) Daughter  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 3 10 12

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Thomas Hay  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Donald A. Ross  m 
 		 ⊖ Arthur E. Moore  m 
 
Eligible: 3,869 Votes: 2,390 Participation: 61.77% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
16		 Manitoba
29 June 1920
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 37180(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
31
LIB
 3/4 352 14.73% -635 Winner:
DLP
 987 41.30% Arthur E. Moore
Eligible: 10,304 Votes: 5,648 Participation: 54.81% Candidacies: 3
Federal
15		 Manitoba
29 October 1925
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 21831(F) — 26 Jun 2023 20:10 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
36
LIB
 2/3 1,724 30.52% -535 Winner:
LC
 2,259 40.00% Thomas Hay
Eligible: 10,304 Votes: 7,865 Participation: 76.33% Candidacies: 3
Federal
16		 Manitoba
14 September 1926
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22082(F) — 31 Aug 2022 21:54 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
37
LIBP
 1/3 3,852 48.98% +1,214 Loser:
LC
 2,638 33.54% Thomas Hay

Service: 3 years 10 months 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 16,614 Votes: 10,987 Participation: 66.13% Candidacies: 5
Federal
17		 Manitoba
28 July 1930
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 22356(F) — 31 Aug 2022 23:18 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
41
LIBP
 2/5 3,617 32.92% -1,829 Winner:
LC
 5,446 49.57% Thomas Hay

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
Dr Edgar Douglas Richmond Bissett		 20 Feb 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
Douglass Richmond Bissett (1889-1990)		 20 Feb 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Edgar Douglas Richmond Bissett, M.P.		 20 Feb 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Edgar Douglas Richmond Bissett, député		 20 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Edgar Douglas Richmond Bissett		 20 Feb 2024

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