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♂ William Sterling Blair
aliasBill Blair
Record
5229 · 1782

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 In office
Canada
Government
 Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 4 0 4
* Includes a post-dated race
Birth 9 April 1954
Age 70 years + 1 month
First mandate 19 October 2015 → 8 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 61 years + 6 months
 
 
Special notes
None
 
William Sterling Blair (1954– )
© Photo 2023 Ambassade et consulats américaines au 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 8 6 27

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 42
LIB
 1 Minister 64–65 18 Jul 2018 — 19 Oct 2019 1 3 1
2. CA 43
LIB
 1 Minister 65–67 20 Nov 2019 — 25 Oct 2021 1 11 5
3. CA 44
LIB
 1 Minister 67–70 26 Oct 2021 — 2 6 22
 1. Border Security and Organized Crime Reduction [Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness]
 2. Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
 3. Emergency Preparedness [Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness]

Electoral history

Races * 4  
Path points 4  
1 documented challenger
⊕ Dan Harris  m 
 
 
Eligible: 73,580 Votes: 49,043 Participation: 66.65% Candidacies: 4
Federal
42		 Ontario
19 October 2015
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7499(F) — 25 Oct 2021 10:38 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
61
LIB
 1/4 25,586 52.47% +14,012 Loser:
NDP
 11,574 23.73% Dan Harris

Service: 4 years 1 day (Gov't)
Eligible: 79,291 Votes: 51,084 Participation: 64.43% Candidacies: 6
Federal
43		 Ontario
21 October 2019
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 26993(F) — 25 Oct 2021 10:38 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
65
LIB
 1/6 28,965 57.20% +18,463 Loser:
CPC
 10,502 20.74% Kimberly F. Smith

Service: 1 year 10 months 29 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 76,558 Votes: 43,497 Participation: 56.82% Candidacies: 6
Federal
44		 Ontario
20 September 2021
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 36344(F) — 20 May 2022 07:49 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
67
LIB
 1/6 24,823 57.50% +15,842 Loser:
CPC
 8,981 20.80% Mohsin Bhuiyan

Service: 2 years 7 months 28 days (Gov't)
Scarborough Southwest
Post-dated race
Federal
45		 Ontario
20 October 2025
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Majority
ID: 39533(P) — 28 Jan 2024 13:04 ET
✓
 Incumbent will likely be re-elected (Oppo.)
Age
71
LIB
 1/4   44.61%   Loser:
CPC

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Bill Blair, P.C., M.P.		  9 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Bill Blair, C.P., député		  9 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Bill Blair (politician)		  9 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Bill Blair (homme politique)		  9 Apr 2024

© 2019, 2024 :: PoliCan.ca (Maurice Y. Michaud)
Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  9 Apr 2024 19:53 (but data presented dynamically)

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