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♂ William R. Howson
aliasWilliam R. Howson
Record
28460 · 8317

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Alberta 2 0 2
Birth 6 March 1883 → 141 years + 2 months ago
Lived 69 years + 3 months
First mandate 19 June 1930 → 93 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 47 years + 3 months
Death 25 June 1952 → 71 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 16 years + 3 months after 3 March 1936
Special notes
None
 
William R. Howson (1883–1952) 200x175
© Photo Legislative Assembly, 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 5 8 13 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. AB 7–8
LIB
 1 Party leader 49–52 21 Oct 1932 — 03 Mar 1936 3 4 11

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
17 documented challengers
⊖ Tiny Atkinson  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Joseph Clarke  m 
⊖ John W. Findlay  m 
⊖ William Samuel Hall  m 
⊖ Orvis A. Kennedy  m 
⊖ John F. Lymburn  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ David Mullen  m 
⊖ Warren W. Prevey  m 
⊖ Charles Y. Weaver  m 
 		 ⊖ Samuel Augustus Gordon Barnes  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ David Milwyn Duggan  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ C. Lionel Gibbs  m 
⊖ Frederick C. Jamieson  m 
⊖ Jan Lakeman  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Walter Morrish  m 
⊖ Gerald O'Connor  m 
⊖ George Van Allen  m 
 
Eligible: 39,209 Votes: 21,879 Participation: 55.80% Candidacies: 17
Provincial
7		 Alberta
19 June 1930
General
Single trans. vote (6)
Gov't  UFA  Majority
ID: 27732(F) — 29 Oct 2022 11:57 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature (Party leader)
Age
47
LIB
 4/17 1,835 8.66% +504 Loser:
LIB
 1,331 6.28% Warren W. Prevey

Service: 5 years 2 months 2 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 49,212 Votes: 38,052 Participation: 77.32% Candidacies: 27
Provincial
8		 Alberta
22 August 1935
General
Single trans. vote (6)
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 27792(F) — 13 Jan 2024 13:43 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
52
LIB
 1/27 9,139 24.52% +6,321 Loser:
SC
 2,818 7.56% William S. Hall
After his election:
3 Mar 1936 52
LIB
 →
Vac.
 To accept an appointment (judge, senator, etc.)
Service: 6 months 10 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 49,212 Votes: 18,048 Participation: 36.67% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
8		 Alberta
22 June 1936
By-Election
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 27833(F) — 29 Oct 2022 13:53 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
53		 Successor:
LIB
 9,863 54.65% Walter Morrish

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
William R. Howson KC		 14 Jan 2024
EN Wikipedia
William R. Howson		 14 Jan 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 14 Jan 2024 10:16 (but data presented dynamically)

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