| Record 6634 · 8535 |
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| Type of record Elected candidate ✓ Known but unelected candidate Perennial candidate |
Deceased | Performance: 70%
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| Birth | Death | Lived | Died in office |
| 3 December 1867 (156 years 4 months ago) |
25 October 1933 (90 years 5 months ago) |
65 years 10 months | No |
| Legislature | Total | Government | Opposition | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| British Columbia |
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| The calculations in years, months and days are approximate and might be off by a few days due to the base date used for these calculations. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| # | Legislature | Party | M | Int | Role | Age | Dates | y | m | d | |
| 1. | BC | 13 | LC | 1 | Party leader | 48–56 | 15 Dec 1915 — 05 Aug 1924 | 8 | 7 | 21 | |
| 2. | BC | 13 | LC | 1 | Premier | 48 | 15 Dec 1915 — 13 Sep 1916 | 0 | 8 | 29 | |
| 3. | BC | 14–15 | LC | 1 | Opposition Leader | 49–56 | 01 Jan 1917 — 19 Jun 1924 | 7 | 5 | 18 | |
| → 10 recorded electoral participations → 12 electoral path points |
→ 36 documented challengers: |
Francis L. Carter-Cotton m George H. Cowan m John S. Cowper m Andrew M. Creery m John W.D. Farris m (4 runoffs) James F. Garden m (3 runoffs) Alexander Henderson m Samuel L. Howe m (2 runoffs) Eugene T. Kingsley m (3 runoffs) Thomas H. Kirk m Malcolm A. MacDonald m (2 runoffs) Alexander H.B. MacGowan m (5 runoffs) Angus MacInnis m Ian A. Mackenzie m (2 runoffs) Robert Macpherson m Royal L. (Pat) Maitland m Joseph Martin m (3 runoffs) George R. Maxwell m George A. McGuire m (4 runoffs) Wm. Wallace B. McInnes m John W. McIntosh m Robert P. McLennan m Alexander D. McRae m Christopher McRae m Victor W. Odlum m William A. Pritchard m James Ramsay m Mary Ellen S. Smith f (2 runoffs) Ralph Smith m (2 runoffs) James Stables m Robert G. Tatlow m (2 runoffs) Charles E. Tisdall m (4 runoffs) Henry H. Watson m (2 runoffs) Charles Wilson m James S. (J.S.) Woodsworth m Charles A. Woodward m |
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| Federal Ass.: 8 |
British Columbia | Burrard | |||||||
| 23 June 1896 | Age: 28 |
Failed to enter Parliament | |||||||
| General | ✗ | 3/3 | CONS | 13.07% | 410 of 3,136 | Elig.: inc. | Parti.: inc. | ||
| Winner > | LIB | 48.21% | 1,512 (+1,102) | George R. Maxwell m ( 39 ) | |||||
| ID: 20061(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET | |||||||||
| Provincial Ass.: 8 |
British Columbia | Vancouver City | |||||||
| 9 July 1898 | Age: 30 |
Defeated but elected later to this legislature | |||||||
| General | ✗ | 7/8 | GOV | 33.06% | 879 of 10,636 | Elig.: 5,954 | Parti.: 44.66% | ||
| Winner > | OPPO | 67.62% | 1,798 (+919) | Charles E. Tisdall m ( 32 ) | |||||
| ID: 28773(F) — 23 Jul 2023 20:19 ET | |||||||||
| Provincial Ass.: 10 |
British Columbia | Vancouver City | |||||||
| 5 September 1903 | Age: 35 |
→ New to this legislature | |||||||
| General | ✓ | 4/16 | LC | 46.08% | 2,304 of 25,002 | Elig.: 7,378 | Parti.: 75.01% | ||
| Loser > | LIB | 30.92% | 1,546 (-758) | Joseph Martin m ( 50 ) | |||||
| ID: 28857(F) — 12 Feb 2023 15:07 ET | Service: 3 years 4 months 27 days (Gov't) | ||||||||
| Provincial Ass.: 11 |
British Columbia | Vancouver City | |||||||
| 1 February 1907 | Age: 39 |
Re-elected incumbent | |||||||
| General | ✓ | 1/17 | LC | 52.23% | 3,152 of 30,173 | Elig.: 9,747 | Parti.: 61.91% | ||
| Loser > | LIB | 38.38% | 2,316 (-836) | Robert P. McLennan m ( 45 ) | |||||
| Post-Election... | |||||||||
| 24 July 1907 > | ?? | LC | → | Vac. | Resigned: Successfully ran in a ministerial by-election | ||||
| ID: 28910(F) — 19 Jan 2024 08:09 ET | Service: 0 year 5 months 23 days (Gov't) | ||||||||
| Provincial Ass.: 11 |
British Columbia | Vancouver City | |||||||
| 3 August 1907 | Age: 39 |
Re-elected incumbent | |||||||
| By-Election | ✓ | 1/2 | LC | 81.94% | 2,364 of 2,885 | Elig.: 9,747 | Parti.: 29.60% | ||
| Loser > | SP | 18.06% | 521 (-1,843) | Eugene T. Kingsley m ( 51 ) | |||||
| ID: 28916(F) — 14 Oct 2022 19:50 ET | Service: 2 years 3 months 22 days (Gov't) | ||||||||
| Provincial Ass.: 12 |
British Columbia | Vancouver City | |||||||
| 25 November 1909 | Age: 41 |
Re-elected incumbent | |||||||
| General | ✓ | 1/15 | LC | 53.02% | 5,441 of 51,316 | Elig.: 19,220 | Parti.: 53.40% | ||
| Loser > | LIB | 40.05% | 4,110 (-1,331) | John H. Senkler m | |||||
| ID: 28949(F) — 19 Sep 2022 13:12 ET | Service: 2 years 4 months 2 days (Gov't) | ||||||||
| Provincial Ass.: 13 |
British Columbia | Vancouver City | |||||||
| 28 March 1912 | Age: 44 |
Re-elected incumbent | |||||||
| General | ✓ | 2/16 | LC | 55.10% | 5,101 of 46,285 | Elig.: 20,393 | Parti.: 45.39% | ||
| Loser > | LIB | 35.18% | 3,257 (-1,844) | Ralph Smith m ( 53 ) | |||||
| ID: 28985(F) — 2 Mar 2022 22:57 ET | Service: 4 years 5 months 16 days (Gov't) | ||||||||
| Provincial Ass.: 14 |
British Columbia | Vancouver City | |||||||
| 14 September 1916 | Age: 48 |
Re-elected incumbent | |||||||
| General | ✓ | 5/19 | LC | 46.52% | 7,421 of 95,705 | Elig.: 27,578 | Parti.: 57.84% | ||
| Loser > | LIB | 43.92% | 7,005 (-416) | Patrick Donnelly m | |||||
| ID: 29023(F) — 3 Mar 2022 08:12 ET | Service: 4 years 2 months 16 days (Oppo.) | ||||||||
| Provincial Ass.: 15 |
British Columbia | Vancouver City | |||||||
| 1 December 1920 | Age: 52 |
Re-elected incumbent | |||||||
| General | ✓ | 6/28 | LC | 34.47% | 11,617 of 202,205 | Elig.: 52,768 | Parti.: 63.87% | ||
| Loser > | LIB | 30.82% | 10,388 (-1,229) | John P. Dougherty m | |||||
| ID: 29239(F) — 19 Sep 2022 23:15 ET | Service: 3 years 6 months 18 days (Oppo.) | ||||||||
| Provincial Ass.: 16 |
British Columbia | Vancouver City | |||||||
| 20 June 1924 | Age: 56 |
Defeated incumbent (Party leader) | Exit from legislature → | ||||||
| General | ✗ | 13/27 | LC | 24.72% | 7,818 of 189,728 | Elig.: 57,512 | Parti.: 54.98% | ||
| Winner > | LIB | 35.79% | 11,318 (+3,500) | Charles A. Woodward m ( 81 ) | |||||
| ID: 29283(F) — 12 Feb 2023 11:18 ET | |||||||||
| Provincial Ass.: 18 |
British Columbia | Vancouver Centre | |||||||
| 27 November 1933 | Age: 65 |
Deceased | |||||||
| General | |||||||||
| Successor > | LIB | 48.66% | 6,925 of 28,323 | Gordon M. Sloan m ( 35 ) | |||||
| ID: 29425(F) — 16 Sep 2023 07:44 ET | |||||||||
| Provincial Ass.: 18 |
British Columbia | Victoria City | |||||||
| 27 November 1933 | Age: 65 |
Deceased | |||||||
| General | |||||||||
| Successor > | LIB | 47.47% | 7,774 of 65,316 | Byron I. (Boss) Johnson m ( 42 ) | |||||
| ID: 29426(F) — 16 Sep 2023 07:35 ET | |||||||||
| → 2 online biographical references |
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| Lg | Hyperlink | Retrieved on |
| EN | Wikipedia: William John Bowser | 2 Jan 2024 |
| FR | Wikipédia: William John Bowser | 2 Jan 2024 |