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♂ William Cogswell Bill
aliasWilliam Bill
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
Nova Scotia 2 1 3
Total 2 2 4
Birth 10 January 1828 → 196 years + 3 months ago
Lived 75 years + 4 months
First mandate 17 September 1878 → 145 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 50 years + 8 months
Death 13 May 1903 → 120 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death 12 years + 11 months after 20 May 1890
Special notes
None
 
William Cogswell Bill (1828–1903)
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Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Caleb R. Bill (1806–1872) Father  
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Nova Scotia 7 8 5 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
6 documented challengers
⊖ Frederick W. Borden  m 
⊖ Thomas R. Harris  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Leander Rand  m 
 		 ⊖ Thomas L. Dodge  m 
⊖ James S. MacDonald  m 
⊖ Alfred P. Welton  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 6,031 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
27		 Nova Scotia
17 September 1878
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 17814(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
50
LC
 1/4 1,601 53.08% +187 Loser:
LIB
 1,414 46.88% G.W. Fisher

Service: 3 years 9 months 2 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 5,565 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Provincial
28		 Nova Scotia
20 June 1882
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17835(F) — 14 Sep 2021 21:38 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
54
LC
 3/5 1,267 45.53% -78 Winner:
LC
 1,345 48.33% Thomas R. Harris
Eligible: inc. Votes: 6,160 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
29		 Nova Scotia
15 June 1886
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17860(F) — 14 Sep 2021 21:32 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
58
LC
 2/4 1,560 50.65% +25 Loser:
LIB
 1,535 49.84% Alfred P. Welton

Service: 3 years 11 months 5 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 6,258 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
30		 Nova Scotia
21 May 1890
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17883(F) — 14 Sep 2021 21:28 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
62		 Successor:
LIB
 1,572 50.24% Alfred P. Welton
Eligible: inc. Votes: 4,033 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
8		 Nova Scotia
23 June 1896
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20058(F) — 22 Jan 2022 20:56 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
68
CONS
 2/2 1,781 44.16% -471 Winner:
LIB
 2,252 55.84% Frederick W. Borden

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
William Cogswell Bill		 16 Apr 2024
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Bill, William Cogswell (p. 15)		 16 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
William C. Bill		 16 Apr 2024

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