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♂ Andrew Naismith Watson
aliasAndy Watson
Record
64176 · 11184

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 2 1 3
Birth 1 April 1937
Age 87 years
First mandate 19 October 1978 → 45 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 41 years + 6 months
 
Mandate ended 38 years + 11 months ago (1 May 1985)
Special notes
None
 
Andrew Naismith Watson (1937– )
© Photo Legislative Assembly, Ontario — Fair trade
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
Ontario 6 6 10 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Maurice L. Bossy  m 
 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,708 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
31		 Ontario
19 October 1978
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 32594(F) — 24 Dec 2021 18:59 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
41
PC
 1/2 1,708 63.07% +708 Loser:
LIB
 1,000 36.93% Brian Gamble

Service: 2 years 4 months 27 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 41,424 Votes: 22,564 Participation: 54.47% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
32		 Ontario
19 March 1981
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12180(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
PC
 1/3 9,471 42.20% +2,963 Loser:
NDP
 6,508 29.00% Ronald A. Franko

Service: 4 years 1 month 12 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 42,818 Votes: 25,196 Participation: 58.84% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
33		 Ontario
2 May 1985
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 12305(F) — 6 Jul 2023 20:15 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
48
PC
 2/3 9,206 36.71% -1,134 Winner:
LIB
 10,340 41.23% Maurice L. Bossy

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Andrew Naismith Watson		 14 Apr 2024
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Andrew Naismith Watson		 14 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Andrew Naismith Watson		 14 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 14 Apr 2024 21:43 (but data presented dynamically)

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