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♂ William J. Cameron Kirby
aliasCam Kirby
Record
31986 · 8302

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Alberta 2 1 3
Birth 12 January 1909 → 115 years + 4 months ago
Lived 94 years + 5 months
First mandate 15 February 1954 → 70 years + 3 months ago
↳ at age 45 years + 1 month
Death 27 June 2003 → 20 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 44 years + 10 days after 17 June 1959
Special notes
None
 
William J. Cameron (Cam) Kirby (1909–2003)
© Photo 1984 — Fair trade
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 5 3 29 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. AB 13
CONS
 1 Party leader 49–50 16 Aug 1958 — 30 Jun 1959 0 10 14

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
1 documented challenger
⊖ William Ure  m  (2 runoffs)
 
 
Eligible: 11,407 Votes: 8,302 Participation: 72.78% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
12		 Alberta
15 February 1954
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 28051(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
45
CONS
 1/4 3,385 40.77% +246 Loser:
SC
 3,139 37.81% D.A. Prescott

Service: 1 year 4 months 13 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 13,723 Votes: 9,637 Participation: 70.23% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
13		 Alberta
29 June 1955
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 28086(F) — 7 Mar 2022 12:53 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
46
CONS
 1/3 4,381 47.68% +211 Loser:
SC
 4,170 45.39% William K. Ure

Service: 3 years 11 months 19 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 15,660 Votes: 10,519 Participation: 67.17% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
14		 Alberta
18 June 1959
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 28139(F) — 18 Oct 2021 00:07 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent → (Party leader)
Age
50
PC
 2/2 3,797 36.20% -2,894 Winner:
SC
 6,691 63.80% William K. Ure

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
W.J. Cameron Kirby QC		 20 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
Cam Kirby		 20 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  4 May 2024 23:35 (but data presented dynamically)

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