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♂ William McKay Wright
aliasWilliam Wright
Record
66343 · 5189

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
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Canada 2 0 2
Birth 12 November 1840 → 183 years + 7 months ago
Lived 42 years + 1 month
First mandate 20 July 1872 → 151 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 31 years + 8 months
Death 17 December 1882 → 141 years + 5 months ago
Exit → Death 4 years + 3 months after 16 September 1878
Special notes
None
 
William McKay Wright (1840–1882)
© Photo 1870 William James Topley — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ James Skead (1816–1884) Father-in-law
 

Election or appointment outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate ✗
Legis. Council ✗
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Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve South Hull (Lucerne), Québec (1879–1881)
Mun./Co. Council ✗
School Board ✗
Blank/Vide ✗

Length of service in elected office within the scope of PoliCan

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 6 1 26

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Thomas Murray  m 
 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,927 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
2		 Québec
20 July 1872
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Minority
 LIB  5 Nov 1873
ID: 18636(F) — 25 Jun 2023 22:13 ET
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 → New to Parliament
Age
31
LC
 1/2 1,604 54.80% +281 Loser:
LIB
 1,323 45.20% Thomas Murray
After his election:
5 Nov 1873 32
LC
 →
LIB
 Change of government (became part of opposition)
Service: 1 year 6 months 1 day (Gov't & Oppo.)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
3		 Québec
22 January 1874
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18872(F) — 28 Nov 2021 10:53 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
33
LC
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 4 years 7 months 25 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 3,243 Votes: 2,714 Participation: 83.69% Candidacies: 2
Federal
4		 Québec
17 September 1878
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19161(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
37		 Successor:
CONS
 1,381 54.05% John Poupore

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
William McKay Wright, M.P.		 21 May 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
William McKay Wright, député		 21 May 2024
EN Wikipedia
William McKay Wright		 21 May 2024
FR Wikipédia
William McKay Wright		 21 May 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 21 May 2024 21:58 (but data presented dynamically)

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