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♂ William James Harrington
aliasWilliam Harrington
Record
26135 · 14362

United Church   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Manitoba 1 1 2
Birth 11 May 1871 → 153 years ago
Lived 70 years + 4 months
First mandate 6 August 1915 → 108 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 44 years + 2 months
Death 13 September 1941 → 82 years + 8 months ago
Exit → Death 21 years + 2 months after 28 June 1920
Special notes
None
 
William James Harrington (1871–1941)
© 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 2  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Bill Buchanan  m 
 		 ⊖ George Palmer  m 
 
Eligible: 2,110 Votes: 1,609 Participation: 76.26% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
15		 Manitoba
6 August 1915
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 37046(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
44
LIB
 1/3 739 45.93% +102 Loser:
CONS
 637 39.59% William Buchanan

Service: 4 years 10 months 22 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,770 Votes: 2,510 Participation: 66.58% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
16		 Manitoba
29 June 1920
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 37147(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
49
LIB
 2/2 1,044 41.59% -422 Winner:
DLP
 1,466 58.41% George H. Palmer

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Harrington, William James		 13 May 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Harrington, William James		 13 May 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
William James Harrington (1871-1941)		 13 May 2024
EN Wikipedia
William J. Harrington		 13 May 2024

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