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♂ William Robertson Wood
aliasWilliam Wood
Record
66058 · 14350

Presbyterian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Manitoba 1 1 2
Birth 6 July 1874 → 149 years + 10 months ago
Lived 73 years + 5 months
First mandate 6 August 1915 → 108 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 41 years + 1 month
Death 11 December 1947 → 76 years + 5 months ago
Exit → Death 27 years + 5 months after 28 June 1920
Special notes
None
 
William Robertson Wood (1874–1947)
© Photo Archives of Manitoba via the Manitoba Historical Society — 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 4 10 22 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
1 documented challenger
⊖ James Howden  m 
 
 
Eligible: 2,428 Votes: 2,172 Participation: 89.46% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
14		 Manitoba
10 July 1914
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 36991(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
40
LIB
 2/2 1,070 49.26% -32 Winner:
CONS
 1,102 50.74% James H. Howden
Eligible: 2,393 Votes: 2,033 Participation: 84.96% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
15		 Manitoba
6 August 1915
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 37040(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
41
LIB
 1/2 1,115 54.85% +197 Loser:
CONS
 918 45.15% James H. Irwin

Service: 4 years 10 months 22 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,912 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
16		 Manitoba
29 June 1920
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 37142(F) — 12 Sep 2022 18:19 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
45		 Successor:
FARM
 Acclam. George Little

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Wood, William Robertson, Rev.		 12 May 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Wood, William Robertson, Rev.		 12 May 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
William Robertson Wood (1874-1947)		 12 May 2024
EN Wikipedia
William Robertson Wood		 12 May 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 12 May 2024 23:38 (but data presented dynamically)

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