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♂ William Johnston Neilson
aliasWilliam Neilson
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Manitoba 1 0 1
Birth 4 March 1854 → 170 years + 2 months ago
Lived 49 years + 4 months
First mandate 7 December 1899 → 124 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 45 years + 9 months
Death 17 July 1903 → 120 years + 10 months ago
Died in office Yes
Special notes
None
 
William Johnston Neilson (1854–1903)
© Photo 1902 Representative Men of Manitoba via the Manitoba Historical Society — 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
Manitoba 3 7 8 Z

Electoral history

Race 1  
Path points 2  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Peter McIntyre  m 
 
 
Eligible: 3,454 Votes: 2,265 Participation: 65.58% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
10		 Manitoba
7 December 1899
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 36728(F) — 17 Mar 2022 20:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
45
CONS
 1/2 1,247 55.06% +229 Loser:
LIB
 1,018 44.94% Peter C. McIntyre
After his election:
17 Jul 1903 49
CONS
 →
Vac.
 Died in office
Service: 3 years 7 months 10 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,675 Votes: 2,754 Participation: 74.94% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
11		 Manitoba
20 July 1903
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 36884(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
49		 Successor:
CONS
 1,106 40.16% Sampson Walker

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Neilson, William Johnston M.D.		 11 May 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Neilson, William Johnston (Dr.)		 11 May 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
William Johnston Neilson (1854-1903)		 11 May 2024
EN Wikipedia
William Neilson (Manitoba politician)		 11 May 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 11 May 2024 20:21 (but data presented dynamically)

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