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♂ William James Kennedy
aliasWilliam Kennedy
Record
31429 · 14110

  
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Manitoba 1 2 3
Birth 9 June 1857 → 166 years + 11 months ago
Lived 55 years + 6 months
First mandate 15 July 1897 → 126 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 40 years + 1 month
Death 22 December 1912 → 111 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 13 years + 16 days after 6 December 1899
Special notes
None
 
William James Kennedy (1857–1912)
© Photo Archives of Manitoba via the Manitoba Historical Society — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Elections or appointments outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate ✗
Legis. Council ✗
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Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve Virden, Manitoba (1892–1894)
Mun./Co. Council Virden, Manitoba
School Board ✗
Blank/Vide ✗

Length of service in elected office within the scope of PoliCan

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Manitoba 2 4 21 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Watson Crosby  m 
⊖ James Simpson  m 
 		 ⊖ James Frame  m 
 
Eligible: 1,405 Votes: 1,025 Participation: 72.95% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
9		 Manitoba
15 January 1896
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 36612(F) — 17 Mar 2022 19:01 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
38
LIB
 2/3 354 34.54% -39 Winner:
PATI
 393 38.34% Watson M. Crosby
Eligible: 1,405 Votes: 866 Participation: 61.64% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
9		 Manitoba
15 July 1897
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 36648(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
40
LIB
 1/2 525 60.62% +184 Loser:
PATI
 341 39.38% James Elder

Service: 2 years 4 months 21 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 1,556 Votes: 1,152 Participation: 74.04% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
10		 Manitoba
7 December 1899
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 36699(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
42
LIB
 2/2 559 48.52% -34 Winner:
CONS
 593 51.48% James C. Simpson

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Kennedy, William James Dennis		 11 May 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Kennedy, William James Dennis		 11 May 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
William James Kennedy (1857-1912)		 11 May 2024
EN Wikipedia
William James Kennedy (politician)		 11 May 2024
FR Wikipédia
William James Kennedy (homme politique)		 11 May 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 11 May 2024 18:29 (but data presented dynamically)

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