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♂ William A. Weir
aliasWilliam A. Weir
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 83%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Québec 5 1 6
Birth 14 October 1858 → 165 years + 6 months ago
Lived 71 years
First mandate 11 May 1897 → 126 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 38 years + 6 months
Death 22 October 1929 → 94 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 19 years + 9 months after 11 January 1910
Special notes
None
 

Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Québec 12 7 18 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. QC 11
QLP
 1 Speaker 46–47 25 Apr 1905 — 31 Aug 1906 1 4 6

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 7  
2 documented challengers
⊖ William Owens  m 
 		 ⊖ William J. Simpson  m 
 
Eligible: 2,741 Votes: 1,548 Participation: 56.48% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
7		 Québec
17 June 1890
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 15207(F) — 17 Feb 2022 12:57 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
31
QLP
 2/2 411 26.81% -711 Winner:
CONS
 1,122 73.19% William Owens
Eligible: 3,032 Votes: 2,152 Participation: 70.98% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
9		 Québec
11 May 1897
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 15354(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
38
QLP
 1/2 1,117 52.66% +113 Loser:
CONS
 1,004 47.34% William J. Simpson

Service: 3 years 6 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,000 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
10		 Québec
7 December 1900
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 15428(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
42
QLP
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 3 years 11 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,400 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
11		 Québec
25 November 1904
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 15502(F) — 17 Feb 2022 16:06 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
46
QLP
 1/1 By acclamation
After his election:
31 Aug 1906 47
QLP
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran in a ministerial by-election
Service: 1 year 9 months 6 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,400 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
11		 Québec
10 September 1906
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 26302(F) — 14 Oct 2022 18:26 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
QLP
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 1 year 8 months 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,950 Votes: 2,777 Participation: 70.30% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
12		 Québec
8 June 1908
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 15576(F) — 17 Feb 2022 19:50 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
49
QLP
 1/2 1,559 57.15% +390 Loser:
CONS
 1,169 42.85% John M. McDougall
After his election:
11 Jan 1910 51
QLP
 →
Vac.
 To accept an appointment (judge, senator, etc.)
Service: 1 year 7 months 3 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,950 Votes: 2,585 Participation: 65.44% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
12		 Québec
5 March 1910
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  QLP  Majority
ID: 26329(F) — 24 Jul 2021 09:35 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
51		 Successor:
QLP
 1,332 51.53% John Hay

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
FR Quebec National Assembly
William Alexander Weir		 29 Sep 2023
EN Wikipedia
William Alexander Weir		 29 Sep 2023
FR Wikipédia
William Alexander Weir		 29 Sep 2023

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