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♂ William Henry Corbett
aliasWilliam Corbett
Record
12501 · 14203

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
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Manitoba 1 0 1
Birth 6 July 1847 → 176 years + 10 months ago
Lived 94 years + 4 months
First mandate 20 July 1903 → 120 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 56 years
Death 25 November 1941 → 82 years + 5 months ago
Exit → Death 34 years + 8 months after 6 March 1907
Special notes
None
 
William Henry Corbett (1847–1941)
© Photo Archives of Manitoba via the Manitoba Historical Society — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Albert H. Corbett (1887–1983) Son  
 

Election or appointment outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate ✗
Legis. Council ✗
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Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve RM Springfield, Manitoba (1892–1894; 1900–1903)
Mun./Co. Council ✗
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 3 7 16 Z

Electoral history

Race 1  
Path points 2  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Donald Andrew Ross  m 
 		 ⊖ Thomas H. Smith  m 
 
Eligible: 962 Votes: 791 Participation: 82.22% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
11		 Manitoba
20 July 1903
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 36878(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
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 → New to this legislature
Age
56
CONS
 1/3 353 44.63% +108 Loser:
LIB
 245 30.97% Thomas H. Smith

Service: 3 years 7 months 14 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 1,254 Votes: 899 Participation: 71.69% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
12		 Manitoba
7 March 1907
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 36923(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
59		 Successor:
LIB
 540 60.07% Donald A. Ross

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Corbett, W.H.		 12 May 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Corbett, W.H.		 12 May 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
William Henry Corbett (1847-1941)		 12 May 2024
EN Wikipedia
William Henry Corbett		 12 May 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 12 May 2024 16:48 (but data presented dynamically)

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