Events from the year 1917 in Canada.
Ruth Ann Minner was an American politician and businesswoman who served as the 72nd governor of Delaware from 2001 to 2009. She previously served in the Delaware General Assembly from 1975 to 1993,and as the 23rd lieutenant governor of Delaware from 1993 to 2001. A member of the Democratic Party,she was the first and only female governor of Delaware. She was originally from Milford,in Kent County,Delaware.
John Charles Carney Jr. is an American politician serving as the 74th governor of Delaware since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party,Carney served as the U.S. representative for Delaware's at-large congressional district from 2011 to 2017 and as the 24th lieutenant governor of Delaware from 2001 to 2009. He also served as Delaware's secretary of finance from 1996 to 2000. He first unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination for governor in 2008,losing to Jack Markell. He ran for governor again in 2016 and won,succeeding Markell,who was term-limited. He was reelected in 2020,defeating Republican Julianne Murray with 59.5% of the vote.
James Edward Ferguson Jr.,known as Pa Ferguson,was an American Democratic politician and the 26th governor of Texas,in office from 1915 to 1917. He was indicted and impeached during his second term,forced to resign and barred from holding further Texas office.
Russell Wilbur Peterson was an American scientist and politician from Wilmington,Delaware. He served as Governor of Delaware as a member of the Republican Party. An influential environmentalist,he served as chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality and president of the National Audubon Society.
Sherman Willard Tribbitt was an American merchant and politician from Odessa in New Castle County,Delaware. He was a World War II veteran and a member of the Democratic Party who served in the Delaware General Assembly,as the 17th lieutenant governor of Delaware,and as the 67th governor of Delaware.
Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington,Delaware. He was a Democratic U.S. Senator from Delaware in the 1920s.
Ebe Walter Tunnell was an American merchant and politician from Lewes,in Sussex County,Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party,who served in the Delaware General Assembly and as Governor of Delaware.
The lieutenant governor of Delaware is the second ranking executive officer of the U.S. state of Delaware. Lieutenant governors are elected for a term of four years in the same general election as the U.S. president and take office the following January.
The following lists events that happened during 1917 in Australia.
Air Marshal Sir Thomas Walker Elmhirst,was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force in the first half of the 20th century and the first commander-in-chief of the Royal Indian Air Force upon Indian independence in August 1947,in which post he organised the funeral of Mahatma Gandhi following his assassination in 1948. He later became the Lieutenant-Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Guernsey from 1953 to 1958.
The 97th Delaware General Assembly was a meeting of the legislative branch of the state government,consisting of the Delaware Senate and the Delaware House of Representatives. Elections were held the first Tuesday after November 1 and terms began in Dover on the first Tuesday in January. This date was January 7,1913,which was two weeks before the beginning of the first administrative year of Governor Charles R. Miller and Colen Ferguson as Lieutenant Governor.
The 98th Delaware General Assembly was a meeting of the legislative branch of the state government,consisting of the Delaware Senate and the Delaware House of Representatives. Elections were held the first Tuesday after November 1 and terms began in Dover on the first Tuesday in January. This date was January 5,1915,which was two weeks before the beginning of the third administrative year of Governor Charles R. Miller and Colen Ferguson as Lieutenant Governor.
The 100th Delaware General Assembly was a meeting of the legislative branch of the state government,consisting of the Delaware Senate and the Delaware House of Representatives. Elections were held the first Tuesday after November 1 and terms began in Dover on the first Tuesday in January. This date was January 7,1919,which was two weeks before the beginning of the third administrative year of Governor John G. Townsend,Jr. and Colen Ferguson as Lieutenant Governor.
Lewis E. Eliason was an American politician who served as the fifth Lieutenant Governor of Delaware,from January 16,1917,until his death on May 2,1919. A Democrat,he served under Republican Governor John G. Townsend,Jr.,as the two offices were elected independently at the time.
The 2016 Delaware gubernatorial election took take place on November 8,2016,to elect the Governor of Delaware,concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election,as well as elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
The 2016 Delaware lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 8,2016,coinciding with the Delaware gubernatorial election. The office had been vacant since former Democratic lieutenant governor Matthew Denn was inaugurated as attorney general on January 6,2015.
