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♂ William Dowell Bayley
aliasWilliam Bayley
Record
3124 · 14353

United Church   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Manitoba 2 1 3
Birth 24 December 1879 → 144 years + 4 months ago
Lived 75 years + 10 months
First mandate 29 June 1920 → 103 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 40 years + 6 months
Death 5 November 1955 → 68 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 28 years + 4 months after 27 June 1927
Special notes
None
 
William Dowell Bayley (1879–1955)
© 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 6 11 26 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
5 documented challengers
⊖ William Bourke  m 
⊖ John Haig  m 
⊖ John W. Wilton  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ John Haddow  m 
⊖ Charles Richardson  m 
 
Eligible: 2,580 Votes: 2,191 Participation: 84.92% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
15		 Manitoba
6 August 1915
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 37039(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
35
LAB
 3/3 590 26.93% -238 Winner:
LIB
 828 37.79% John W. Wilton
Eligible: 4,712 Votes: 3,995 Participation: 84.78% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
16		 Manitoba
29 June 1920
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 37141(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
40
DLP
 1/2 2,054 51.41% +113 Loser:
IND
 1,941 48.59% John W. Wilton

Service: 2 years 18 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 5,475 Votes: 4,180 Participation: 76.35% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
17		 Manitoba
18 July 1922
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PROG  Majority
ID: 37189(F) — 20 Mar 2022 15:44 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
42
ILP
 1/4 1,844 44.11% +845 Loser:
PROG
 999 23.90% Charles L. Richardson
After his election:
8 Jan 1924 44
ILP
 →
IND
 Changed allegiance ()
Service: 4 years 11 months 9 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 5,277 Votes: 4,257 Participation: 80.67% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
18		 Manitoba
28 June 1927
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  PROG  Majority
ID: 37287(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
47		 Successor:
CONS
 1,380 32.42% Joseph H. Cotter

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Bayley, William Dowell		 12 May 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Bayley, William Dowell		 12 May 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
William Dowell Bayley (1879-1955)		 12 May 2024
EN Wikipedia
William Bayley		 12 May 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
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