Irish-Canadian 
| Type of record Elected candidate ✓ Known but unelected candidate Perennial candidate |
Deceased | Performance: 100%
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| Birth | 1 May 1833 → 191 years + 5 months ago |
| Lived | 58 years |
| 1st mandate | 22 February 1887 → 137 years + 7 months ago ↳ at age 53 years + 9 months |
| Death | 1 May 1891 → 133 years + 5 months ago |
| Exit → Death | 1 month + 27 days after 4 March 1891 |
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Patrick Purcell (1833–1891) © Photo  — Public domain |
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| Purcell served one term as the Liberal member of Parliament for Glengarry, Ontario, and died two months later. He was buried east of Cornwall but, shortly after the burial, some young men removed his body from the grave. His body was then found floating in the Saint Lawrence River. |
Election or appointment outside the scope of PoliCan| Pre-Conf. | ✗ |
| Canadian Senate | ✗ |
| Legis. Council | ✗ |
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| Deputy Minister | ✗ |
| Auto. Region | ✗ |
| Mayor/Reeve | Charlottenburg Township, Ontario (1884) |
| Mun./Cty Co. | ✗ |
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| Blank/Vide | ✗ |
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| Canada | 4 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
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| Bilingual references are counted as a single reference. | Retrieved on | |
| EN | Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo) Patrick Purcell, M.P. |
5 Jul 2024 |
| FR | Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo) Patrick Purcell, député |
5 Jul 2024 |
| EN | Wikipedia Patrick Purcell |
5 Jul 2024 |
