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♂ William John Short
aliasWilliam Short
Record
56578 · 14515

  
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Manitoba 1 0 1
Birth 22 September 1864 → 159 years + 7 months ago
Lived 74 years + 9 months
First mandate 18 July 1922 → 101 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 57 years + 9 months
Death 9 July 1939 → 84 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 12 years + 12 days after 27 June 1927
Special notes
None
 
William John Short (1864–1939)
© Photo Archives of Manitoba via the Manitoba Historical Society — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Elections or appointments outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate ✗
Legis. Council ✗
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Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve RM Shoal Lake, Manitoba (1907–1922; 1928–1932)
Mun./Co. Council RM Shoal Lake, Manitoba (1902–1907)
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 4 11 9 Z

Electoral history

Race 1  
Path points 2  
1 documented challenger
⊖ William Iverach  m 
 
 
Eligible: 3,030 Votes: 2,017 Participation: 66.57% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
17		 Manitoba
18 July 1922
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PROG  Majority
ID: 37191(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
57
PROG
 1/2 1,307 64.80% +597 Loser:
LIB
 710 35.20% William Iverach

Service: 4 years 11 months 9 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,513 Votes: 2,511 Participation: 71.48% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
18		 Manitoba
28 June 1927
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  PROG  Majority
ID: 37289(F) — 21 Mar 2022 10:15 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
62		 Successor:
PROG
 1,134 45.16% John W. Pratt

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Short, William John		 14 May 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Short, William John		 14 May 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
William John Short (1864-1939)		 14 May 2024
EN Wikipedia
William J. Short		 14 May 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 14 May 2024 19:50 (but data presented dynamically)

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