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♂ William Linton Parrish
aliasWilliam Parrish
Record
48186 · 14347

United Church     
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Manitoba 2 1 3
Birth 4 August 1860 → 163 years + 9 months ago
Lived 88 years + 6 months
First mandate 10 July 1914 → 109 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 53 years + 11 months
Death 20 February 1949 → 75 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 28 years + 7 months after 28 June 1920
Special notes
None
 
William Linton Parrish (1860–1949)
© Photo Archives of Manitoba via the Manitoba Historical Society — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Election or appointment outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate ✗
Legis. Council ✗
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Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve ✗
Mun./Co. Council Brandon, Manitoba (1897)
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 5 11 18 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
29 documented challengers
⊖ George Armstrong  m 
⊖ William Christie  m 
⊖ Fred Dixon  m 
⊖ C.H. Forrester  m 
⊖ Glen Hamilton  m 
⊖ Robert Jacob  m 
⊖ Thomas Johnson  m 
⊖ George Lawrence  m 
⊖ Robert Newton Lowery  m 
⊖ William Morden  m 
⊖ George W. Prout  m 
⊖ Edith Rogers  f 
⊖ John Stovel  m 
⊖ William J. Tupper  m 
⊖ Henry W. Whitla  m 
 		 ⊖ Duncan Cameron  m 
⊖ Harriet S. Dick  f 
⊖ Edward Fisher  m 
⊖ John Haig  m 
⊖ William Ivens  m 
⊖ Dickie Johns  m 
⊖ Frederick Law  m 
⊖ James Lightfoot  m 
⊖ Lendrum McMeans  m 
⊖ William A. Pritchard  m 
⊖ John Queen  m 
⊖ Robert B. Russell  m 
⊖ Fred Tipping  m 
⊖ Leo Warde  m 
 
Eligible: 12,453 Votes: 10,714 Participation: 86.04% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
14		 Manitoba
10 July 1914
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 37031(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
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 → New to this legislature
Age
53
LIB
 1/2 5,812 54.25% +910 Loser:
CONS
 4,902 45.75% Henry W. Whitla

Service: 1 year 26 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 11,025 Votes: 7,938 Participation: 72.00% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
15		 Manitoba
6 August 1915
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 37086(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
55
LIB
 1/2 5,635 70.99% +3,332 Loser:
CONS
 2,303 29.01% Lendrum McMeans

Service: 4 years 10 months 22 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 62,255 Votes: 47,427 Participation: 76.18% Candidacies: 41
Provincial
16		 Manitoba
29 June 1920
General
Single trans. vote (10)
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 37184(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
59
LIB
 17/41 945 1.99% -555 Winner:
CONS
 1,500 3.16% William J. Tupper

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Parrish, William Linton		 12 May 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Parrish, William Linton		 12 May 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
William Linton Parrish (1860-1949)		 12 May 2024
EN Wikipedia
William Parrish		 12 May 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 12 May 2024 23:12 (but data presented dynamically)

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