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Title: Quebec facial hair election 1867 Post by: Kitteh on October 06, 2012, 12:41:40 PM Possibly the hairiest election in history: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec_general_election,_1867
Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau: () () vs Sir Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière () () Title: Re: Quebec facial hair election 1867 Post by: Filuwaúrdjan on October 06, 2012, 01:13:18 PM No, I'm pretty sure that any election featuring Lord Salisbury was hairier.
Title: Re: Quebec facial hair election 1867 Post by: minionofmidas on October 06, 2012, 02:20:37 PM Only one of these men had remotely remarkable facial hair by the standards of the time.
Title: Re: Quebec facial hair election 1867 Post by: Tetro Kornbluth on October 06, 2012, 04:04:19 PM Only one of these men had remotely remarkable facial hair by the standards of the time. This. And by mentioning Salisbury, let's not forget Charles Stuart Parnell and the Irish Parliamentary Paper who certainly had a fine taste in facial hair. () Title: Re: Quebec facial hair election 1867 Post by: Filuwaúrdjan on October 06, 2012, 07:27:11 PM At least none had neckbeards. One of the few horrifying things about the National Museum of Wales are the busts of various 19th century Cardiff Liberal dignitaries and assorted other local bigwaigs. You think at first they are wearing ruffs, which seems a little odd for the 19th century. So you have a closer look...
Title: Re: Quebec facial hair election 1867 Post by: Poirot on October 13, 2012, 10:01:00 PM The 1890 election was an example of battle between moustache and beard.
Honoré Mercier with the moustache. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Honor%C3%A9_Mercier.png (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Honor%C3%A9_Mercier.png) Louis-Olivier Taillon with the long beard. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Louis-Olivier_Taillon.jpg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Louis-Olivier_Taillon.jpg) Title: Re: Quebec facial hair election 1867 Post by: Hatman 🍁 on October 14, 2012, 04:23:13 PM 19th century facial hair ftw
Title: Re: Quebec facial hair election 1867 Post by: Platypus on October 16, 2012, 02:09:29 PM ()
Title: Re: Quebec facial hair election 1867 Post by: Platypus on October 16, 2012, 02:13:14 PM ()
Sir Henry Parkes and Sir George Dibbs would like to disagree. () |