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♂ Thomas Robert McInnes
aliasThomas McInnes
Record
41465 · 5270

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 2 1 3
Birth 5 November 1840 → 183 years + 7 months ago
Lived 63 years + 4 months
First mandate 25 March 1878 → 146 years + 3 months ago
↳ at age 37 years + 4 months
Death 15 March 1904 → 120 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 22 years + 2 months after 24 December 1881
Special notes
None
 
Thomas Robert McInnes (1840–1904)
© Photo — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Wm. Wallace B. McInnes (1871–1954) Son  
 

Elections or appointments outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate British Columbia (1881–1897)
Legis. Council ✗
✗
Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve Dresden, Ontario (1874); New Westminster, British Columbia (1876–1878)
Mun./Co. Council ✗
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 3 8 29

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Robert Macpherson  m 
 		 ⊖ James Robinson  m 
 
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
3		 British Columbia
25 March 1878
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18987(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
37
IND
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 5 months 22 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 737 Votes: 699 Participation: 94.84% Candidacies: 2
Federal
4		 British Columbia
17 September 1878
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 18989(F) — 23 Jul 2023 14:59 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
37
IND
 1/2 388 56.48% +89 Loser:
IND
 299 43.52% James Robinson
After his election:
24 Dec 1881 41
IND
 →
Vac.
 To accept an appointment (judge, senator, etc.)
Service: 3 years 3 months 7 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 737 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
4		 British Columbia
9 March 1882
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19639(F) — 28 Nov 2021 14:42 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
41		 Successor:
LC
 Acclam. Joshua A.R. Homer
Eligible: inc. Votes: 4,355 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
9		 British Columbia
4 February 1903
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20507(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to Parliament
Age
62
IND
 3/3 362 8.31% -1,746 Winner:
LIB
 2,108 48.40% Robert G. Macpherson

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Thomas Robert McInnes, Senator		 17 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Thomas Robert McInnes, sénateur		 17 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Thomas Robert McInnes		 17 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Thomas Robert McInnes		 17 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 17 Apr 2024 22:07 (but data presented dynamically)

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