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♂ George William Anderson
aliasGeorge Anderson
Record
919 · 13826

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
British Columbia 2 0 2
Birth 20 May 1836 → 188 years + 4 months ago
Lived 72 years + 11 months
1st mandate 7 July 1886 → 138 years + 2 months ago
↳ at age 50 years + 1 month
Death 21 April 1909 → 115 years + 5 months ago
Exit → Death 14 years + 9 months after 6 July 1894
Special notes
None
 

George William Anderson (1836–1909)
No image available
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
British Columbia 7 11 28 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
3 documented challengers
⊖ David Eberts  m 
⊖ Robert John  m 
 		 ⊖ Thomas Humphreys  m 
 
Victoria
Elig. 322 Votes: 495 Partic.: 76.86%
 !!! 
 Can.: 4
Provincial
5		 British Columbia
7 July 1886
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  GOV  Majority
ID: 28688(F) — 2 Mar 2022 12:56 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
50
GOV
 2/4 134 54.03% +21 Loser:
OPPO
 113 45.56% Thomas B. Humphreys

Service: 3 years 11 months 5 days (Gov't)
Victoria
Elig. 416 Votes: 462 Partic.: 55.53%
 !!! 
 Can.: 3
Provincial
6		 British Columbia
13 June 1890
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28713(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
54
GOV
 2/3 171 74.03% +56 Loser:
OPPO
 115 49.78% Joseph W. Carey

Service: 4 years 23 days (Gov't)
South Victoria
Elig. 597 Votes: 374 Partic.: 62.65%
 !!! 
 Can.: 2
Provincial
7		 British Columbia
7 July 1894
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Majority
ID: 28747(F) — 2 Mar 2022 15:09 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
58		 Successor:
GOV
 274 73.26% David M. Eberts

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
George William Anderson		 14 Sep 2024
EN Wikipedia
George William Anderson (Canadian politician)		 14 Sep 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 14 Sep 2024 12:19 (but data presented dynamically)

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