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♂ William Lount
aliasWilliam Lount
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 0 1
Ontario 1 1 2
Total 2 1 3
Birth 3 March 1840 → 184 years + 2 months ago
Lived 63 years + 1 month
First mandate 3 September 1867 → 156 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 27 years + 6 months
Death 24 April 1903 → 121 years ago
Exit → Death 5 years + 5 months after 5 November 1897
Special notes
None
 

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 1 4 13
Ontario 3 6 15 Z
TOTAL 4 10 28

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
3 documented challengers
⊖ William D. Ardagh  m 
⊖ Angus Morrison  m 
 		 ⊖ George R.R. Cockburn  m 
 
Eligible: 3,334 Votes: 2,731 Participation: 81.91% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
1		 Ontario
3 September 1867
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Minority
ID: 32665(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
27
LIB
 1/2 1,431 52.40% +131 Loser:
LC
 1,300 47.60% Angus Morrison

Service: 3 years 6 months 17 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 4,394 Votes: 3,050 Participation: 69.41% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
2		 Ontario
21 March 1871
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Minority
ID: 32748(F) — 21 Feb 2022 15:36 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
31
LIB
 3/3 655 21.48% -699 Winner:
LC
 1,354 44.39% William D. Ardagh
Eligible: inc. Votes: 4,548 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
8		 Ontario
23 June 1896
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20144(F) — 22 Jan 2022 21:13 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
56
LIB
 1/2 2,394 52.64% +240 Loser:
CONS
 2,154 47.36% George R.R. Cockburn
After his election:
5 Nov 1897 57
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Left federal politics
Service: 1 year 4 months 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 4,174 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
8		 Ontario
30 November 1897
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20258(F) — 23 Jan 2022 00:05 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
57		 Successor:
LIB
 2,212 52.99% George H. Bertram

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
William Lount		 24 Aug 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
William Lount		 24 Aug 2023
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
William Lount, M.P.		 24 Aug 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
William Lount, député		 24 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
William Lount		 24 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 24 Aug 2023 21:45 (but data presented dynamically)

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