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♂ Valentine Ratz
aliasValentine Ratz
Record
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German-Canadian     
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 2 1 3
Birth 12 November 1848 → 175 years + 7 months ago
Lived 75 years + 3 months
First mandate 23 June 1896 → 127 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 47 years + 7 months
Death 1 March 1924 → 100 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 15 years + 4 months after 25 October 1908
Special notes
None
 
Valentine Ratz (1848–1924)
© Photo — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Elections or appointments outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate Ontario (1909–1924) Died in office
Legis. Council ✗
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Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve Huron County, Ontario (1886)
Mun./Co. Council Stephen Township, Ontario (1879)
School Board ✗
Blank/Vide ✗

Length of service in elected office within the scope of PoliCan

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 8 4 4

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Robert Boston  m 
⊖ John Sherritt  m 
 		 ⊖ William H. Hutchins  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 4,306 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
8		 Ontario
23 June 1896
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20116(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
47
LIB
 1/2 2,184 50.72% +62 Loser:
CONS
 2,122 49.28% William H. Hutchins

Service: 4 years 4 months 14 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 4,229 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
9		 Ontario
7 November 1900
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20370(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
51
LIB
 2/2 2,008 47.48% -213 Winner:
CONS
 2,221 52.52% John Sherritt
Eligible: 5,085 Votes: 3,517 Participation: 69.16% Candidacies: 2
Federal
10		 Ontario
3 November 1904
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20619(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → Returned to Parliament after hiatus
Age
55
LIB
 1/2 1,894 54.24% +296 Loser:
LIB
 1,598 45.76% Robert Boston

Service: 3 years 11 months 22 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,709 Votes: 3,660 Participation: 77.72% Candidacies: 2
Federal
11		 Ontario
26 October 1908
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20883(F) — 23 Sep 2023 12:09 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
59		 Successor:
LIB
 1,842 50.87% Alexander W. Smith

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Valentine Ratz, M.P., Senator		 16 Jun 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Valentine Ratz, député, sénateur		 16 Jun 2024
EN Wikipedia
Valentine Ratz		 16 Jun 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 16 Jun 2024 15:17 (but data presented dynamically)

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