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♂ William Burton MacDiarmid
aliasWilliam MacDiarmid
Record
37411 · 9010

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 2 0 2
Birth 23 May 1875 → 148 years + 11 months ago
Lived 71 years + 11 months
First mandate 26 March 1940 → 84 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age 64 years + 10 months
Death 13 May 1947 → 77 years ago
Exit → Death 1 year + 10 months after 22 June 1945
Special notes
None
 
William Burton MacDiarmid (1875–1947)
© Photo 1940 House of Commons (Canada) — 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
Canada 5 2 25

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
1 documented challenger
⊖ John MacRae  m 
 
 
Eligible: 11,299 Votes: 7,391 Participation: 65.41% Candidacies: 2
Federal
19		 Ontario
26 March 1940
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22951(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
64
LIB
 1/2 4,578 61.94% +1,765 Loser:
NATG
 2,813 38.06% John D. MacRae

Service: 5 years 2 months 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 10,649 Votes: 8,226 Participation: 77.25% Candidacies: 3
Federal
20		 Ontario
11 June 1945
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 23211(F) — 27 Jan 2022 10:39 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
70
LIB
 1/3 4,934 59.98% +2,053 Loser:
PC
 2,881 35.02% Lionel Devaux
After his election:
22 Jun 1945 70
LIB
 →
Vac.
 To accept an appointment (judge, senator, etc.)
Service: 11 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 10,649 Votes: 4,876 Participation: 45.79% Candidacies: 2
Federal
20		 Ontario
6 August 1945
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23364(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
70		 Successor:
LIB
 4,551 93.33% W.L. Mackenzie King

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
William Burton MacDiarmid, M.P.		 27 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
William Burton MacDiarmid, député		 27 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
William MacDiarmid		 27 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 27 Apr 2024 19:19 (but data presented dynamically)

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