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♂ William Foster Cockshutt
aliasWilliam Cockshutt
Record
11764 · 12160

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 3 3 6
Birth 17 October 1855 → 168 years + 6 months ago
Lived 84 years + 1 month
First mandate 3 November 1904 → 119 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 49 years
Death 22 November 1939 → 84 years + 5 months ago
Exit → Death 17 years + 11 months after 5 December 1921
Special notes
None
 
William Foster Cockshutt (1855–1939)
© Photo 1906 — Public domain
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
Canada 14 2 4

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 6  
6 documented challengers
⊖ Lloyd Harris  m 
⊖ Morrison MacBride  m 
⊖ Thomas H. Preston  m 
 		 ⊖ Charles Heyd  m 
⊖ William Paterson  m 
⊖ William Raymond  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,886 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
6		 Ontario
22 February 1887
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19434(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
31
CONS
 2/2 1,656 42.61% -574 Winner:
LIB
 2,230 57.39% William Paterson
Eligible: 5,946 Votes: 4,805 Participation: 80.81% Candidacies: 2
Federal
10		 Ontario
3 November 1904
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20577(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
49
CONS
 1/2 2,383 50.16% +15 Loser:
LIB
 2,368 49.84% Charles B. Heyd

Service: 3 years 11 months 22 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 6,853 Votes: 5,508 Participation: 80.37% Candidacies: 2
Federal
11		 Ontario
26 October 1908
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20844(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
53
CONS
 2/2 2,627 48.12% -205 Winner:
LIB
 2,832 51.88% Lloyd Harris
Eligible: inc. Votes: 5,599 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
12		 Ontario
21 September 1911
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 21072(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → Returned to Parliament after hiatus
Age
55
CONS
 1/2 3,159 56.42% +719 Loser:
LIB
 2,440 43.58% Thomas H. Preston

Service: 6 years 2 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 9,884 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
13		 Ontario
17 December 1917
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UNIO  Majority
ID: 21330(F) — 3 Mar 2024 15:52 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
62
UNIO
 1/3 5,925 59.95% +3,692 Loser:
LL
 2,233 22.59% John W. Bowlby

Service: 3 years 11 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 13,015 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
14		 Ontario
6 December 1921
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 21591(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
66
NLCP
 2/3 4,892 37.59% -1,987 Winner:
LIB
 6,879 52.85% William G. Raymond

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
William Foster Cockshutt, M.P.		  8 May 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
William Foster Cockshutt, député		  8 May 2024
EN Wikipedia
William Foster Cockshutt		  8 May 2024
FR Wikipédia
William Foster Cockshutt		  8 May 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  8 May 2024 19:25 (but data presented dynamically)

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