Canada's electoral history from 1867 to today
Base → People → Search & Find → Full profile → William Tomyn

♂ William Tomyn
aliasWilliam Tomyn
Record
61493 · 3142

Ukrainian-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 88%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Alberta 7 1 8
Birth 4 October 1905 → 118 years + 7 months ago
Lived 67 years
First mandate 22 August 1935 → 88 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 29 years + 10 months
Death 5 October 1972 → 51 years + 7 months ago
Exit → Death 1 year + 1 month after 29 August 1971
Special notes
None
 
William Tomyn (1905–1972)
© Photo 1935 Provincial Archives of Alberta — 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
Alberta 29 1 19 Z

Electoral history

Races 8  
Path points 9  
4 documented challengers
⊖ Nick Dushenski  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Grant Notley  m 
 		 ⊖ Isidore Goresky  m 
⊖ Andrew Shandro  m 
 
Eligible: 5,143 Votes: 4,004 Participation: 77.85% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
8		 Alberta
22 August 1935
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 27830(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
29
SC
 1/4 1,265 33.41% +299 Loser:
COMM
 966 25.52% M. Novakowski

Service: 4 years 6 months 27 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,172 Votes: 3,976 Participation: 64.42% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
9		 Alberta
21 March 1940
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 27890(F) — 6 Mar 2022 15:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
34
SC
 1/3 2,329 61.11% +1,361 Loser:
CCF
 968 25.40% T. Tomashavsky

Service: 4 years 4 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,867 Votes: 3,998 Participation: 68.14% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
10		 Alberta
8 August 1944
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 27943(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
38
SC
 1/3 1,771 44.30% +443 Loser:
CCF
 1,328 33.22% L.L. Kostash

Service: 4 years 8 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,638 Votes: 4,093 Participation: 72.60% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
11		 Alberta
17 August 1948
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 27997(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
42
SC
 1/2 2,111 53.15% +250 Loser:
CCF
 1,861 46.85% Nick W. Dushenski

Service: 3 years 11 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,776 Votes: 4,337 Participation: 75.09% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
12		 Alberta
5 August 1952
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 28048(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
46
SC
 2/3 1,716 41.49% -44 Winner:
CCF
 1,760 42.55% Nick W. Dushenski
Eligible: 16,659 Votes: 9,306 Participation: 55.86% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
14		 Alberta
18 June 1959
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 28164(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
53
SC
 1/5 5,071 54.77% +3,549 Loser:
LIB
 1,522 16.44% P.W. Bill Jones

Service: 3 years 11 months 29 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 16,027 Votes: 8,160 Participation: 50.91% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
15		 Alberta
17 June 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 28200(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
57
SC
 1/5 3,905 47.94% +2,277 Loser:
LIB
 1,628 19.99% J. Laurier Picard

Service: 3 years 11 months 5 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 15,082 Votes: 8,022 Participation: 53.19% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
16		 Alberta
23 May 1967
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 13142(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
61
SC
 1/3 3,450 43.64% +1,017 Loser:
NDP
 2,433 30.77% W. Grant Notley

Service: 4 years 3 months 6 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 15,953 Votes: 10,105 Participation: 63.34% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
17		 Alberta
30 August 1971
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 13067(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
65		 Successor:
PC
 4,334 43.75% Catherine Chichak

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
William Tomyn		  4 May 2024
EN Wikipedia
William Tomyn		  4 May 2024

© 2019, 2024 :: PoliCan.ca (Maurice Y. Michaud)
Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  4 May 2024 17:12 (but data presented dynamically)

© 2019-2024 :: PoliCan.ca
Given that electoral results are by their very nature public information, such data that can be found in PoliCan are considered to be in the public domain. However, unless indicated otherwise, all other elements — the concept of consolidating these data into a single format, the detailed research on each election, legislature and candidate, the organization and searchability of the data, the programming allowing the entry and maintenance of the data, as well as the analyses and explanatory articles found in this website — are the intellectual property of Maurice Y. Michaud.