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♂ William Gray
aliasWilliam Gray
Record
24299 · 10595

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 2 3
Birth 31 August 1862 → 161 years + 8 months ago
Lived 54 years + 3 months
First mandate 1 February 1915 → 109 years + 3 months ago
↳ at age 52 years + 5 months
Death 12 December 1916 → 107 years + 4 months ago
Died in office Yes
Special notes
None
 

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 1 10 10

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Charles S. Hyman  m  (2 runoffs)
 
 
Eligible: 10,542 Votes: 8,656 Participation: 82.11% Candidacies: 2
Federal
10		 Ontario
3 November 1904
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20617(F) — 23 Jan 2022 13:11 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
42
CONS
 2/2 4,278 49.86% -24 Winner:
LIB
 4,302 50.14% Charles S. Hyman
Eligible: 10,542 Votes: 8,832 Participation: 83.78% Candidacies: 2
Federal
10		 Ontario
13 June 1905
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20745(F) — 11 Oct 2022 19:26 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
42
CONS
 2/2 4,251 48.13% -330 Winner:
LIB
 4,581 51.87% Charles S. Hyman
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
12		 Ontario
1 February 1915
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 21265(F) — 23 Jan 2022 19:31 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
52
CONS
 1/1 By acclamation
After his election:
12 Dec 1916 54
CONS
 →
Vac.
 Died in office
Service: 1 year 10 months 11 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 17,919 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
13		 Ontario
17 December 1917
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UNIO  Majority
ID: 21367(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
—
 Deceased
Age
54		 Successor:
UNIO
 11,136 62.15% Hume B. Cronyn

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
William Gray		 09 Aug 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
William Gray		 09 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
William Gray (Canadian politician)		 09 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  9 Aug 2023 18:17 (but data presented dynamically)

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