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♂ William R. Macdonald
aliasWilliam R. Macdonald
Record
37720 · 12164

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 4 2 6
Birth 25 December 1891 → 132 years + 4 months ago
Lived 84 years + 5 months
First mandate 14 October 1935 → 88 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 43 years + 9 months
Death 28 May 1976 → 47 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death 22 years + 11 months after 11 June 1953
Special notes
None
 
William R. Macdonald (1891–1976) 201x237
© Photo 1942 Arthur Roy — 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 17 7 24

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 21
LIB
 1 Speaker 57–61 27 Jun 1949 — 09 Aug 1953 4 1 13
2. CA 22
LIB
 1 Minister 61–62 14 Oct 1953 — 11 Jan 1954 0 2 28
3. CA 22
LIB
 1 Minister 62–65 12 Jan 1954 — 20 Jun 1957 3 5 8
4. CA 26
LIB
 2 Minister 71–72 22 Apr 1963 — 02 Feb 1964 0 9 11
 2. Without portfolio
 3. Solicitor General
 4. Without portfolio

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 7  
2 documented challengers
⊖ John H. Matthews  m 
 		 ⊖ Robert E. Ryerson  m  (3 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 18,723 Votes: 13,063 Participation: 69.77% Candidacies: 2
Federal
16		 Ontario
14 September 1926
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22114(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
34
LIB
 2/2 5,993 45.88% -1,077 Winner:
LC
 7,070 54.12% Robert E. Ryerson
Eligible: 19,018 Votes: 15,226 Participation: 80.06% Candidacies: 2
Federal
17		 Ontario
28 July 1930
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 22388(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
38
LIB
 2/2 6,072 39.88% -3,082 Winner:
LC
 9,154 60.12% Robert E. Ryerson
Eligible: 20,969 Votes: 16,714 Participation: 79.71% Candidacies: 4
Federal
18		 Ontario
14 October 1935
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22660(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
43
LIB
 1/4 7,383 44.17% +872 Loser:
LC
 6,511 38.96% Robert E. Ryerson

Service: 4 years 5 months 11 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 21,607 Votes: 15,640 Participation: 72.38% Candidacies: 3
Federal
19		 Ontario
26 March 1940
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22935(F) — 8 May 2024 20:01 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
48
LIB
 1/3 8,013 51.23% +1,701 Loser:
NATG
 6,312 40.36% Charles E. Wilmot

Service: 5 years 2 months 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 23,608 Votes: 18,095 Participation: 76.65% Candidacies: 3
Federal
20		 Ontario
11 June 1945
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 23195(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
LIB
 1/3 8,670 47.91% +1,682 Loser:
PC
 6,988 38.62% Walter J. Dowden

Service: 4 years 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 30,467 Votes: 23,651 Participation: 77.63% Candidacies: 3
Federal
21		 Ontario
27 June 1949
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23456(F) — 27 Jan 2022 15:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
57
LIB
 1/3 12,565 53.53% +5,818 Loser:
PC
 6,747 28.74% John T. Shillington
After his election:
11 Jun 1953 61
LIB
 →
Vac.
 To accept an appointment (judge, senator, etc.)
Service: 3 years 11 months 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 30,875 Votes: 21,700 Participation: 70.28% Candidacies: 4
Federal
22		 Ontario
10 August 1953
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23757(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
61		 Successor:
LIB
 9,576 44.45% James E. Brown

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. William Ross Macdonald, P.C., Q.C., M.P., Senator		 14 Nov 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. William Ross Macdonald, C.P., c.r., député, sénateur		 14 Nov 2023
EN Wikipedia
William Ross Macdonald		 14 Nov 2023
FR Wikipédia
William Ross Macdonald		 14 Nov 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 14 Nov 2023 19:16 (but data presented dynamically)

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