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♂ William Crawford
aliasWilliam Crawford
Record
13356 · 13999

Protestant   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Manitoba 1 1 2
Birth 28 August 1847 → 176 years + 8 months ago
Lived 49 years + 7 months
First mandate 23 January 1883 → 141 years + 3 months ago
↳ at age 35 years + 4 months
Death 2 April 1897 → 127 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 10 years + 3 months after 8 December 1886
Special notes
None
 
William Crawford (1847–1897)
© Photo Legislative Assembly, Manitoba — 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
Manitoba 3 10 15 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
1 documented challenger
⊖ John A.K. Drummond  m 
 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 162 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
4		 Manitoba
16 December 1879
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 28334(F) — 5 Feb 2023 19:25 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
32
IND
 2/2 66 40.74% -30 Winner:
CONS
 96 59.26% John A.K. Drummond
Eligible: inc. Votes: 134 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
5		 Manitoba
23 January 1883
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 28377(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
35
CONS
 1/2 68 50.75% +2 Loser:
LIB
 66 49.25% H.J. Fox Rose

Service: 3 years 10 months 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 1,845 Votes: 701 Participation: 37.99% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
6		 Manitoba
9 December 1886
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 36486(F) — 16 Mar 2022 20:37 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
39		 Successor:
LIB
 358 51.07% Joseph Martin

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Crawford, William		 28 Apr 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Crawford, William		 28 Apr 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
William Crawford (1847-1897)		 28 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
William Crawford (Canadian politician)		 28 Apr 2024

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