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♂ William Anderson
aliasWilliam Anderson
Record
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Irish-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 1 2 3
Birth 7 April 1822 → 202 years ago
Lived 65 years + 6 months
First mandate 29 June 1870 → 153 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 48 years + 2 months
Death 16 October 1887 → 136 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 16 years + 6 months after 20 March 1871
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
Ontario 0 8 20 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
2 documented challengers
⊖ John A. Sprague  m 
 		 ⊖ Gideon Striker  m 
 
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
1		 Ontario
29 June 1870
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Minority
ID: 33037(F) — 21 Feb 2022 12:19 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
48
LC
 1/1 By acclamation ?

Service: 8 months 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,727 Votes: 2,914 Participation: 78.19% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
2		 Ontario
21 March 1871
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Minority
ID: 32744(F) — 21 Feb 2022 15:34 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
48
LC
 2/2 1,392 47.77% -130 Winner:
LIB
 1,522 52.23% Gideon Striker
Eligible: 5,846 Votes: 4,243 Participation: 72.58% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
6		 Ontario
28 December 1886
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33197(F) — 31 Dec 2022 14:58 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
64
LC
 2/2 2,074 49.04% -81 Winner:
LIB
 2,155 50.96% John A. Sprague

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
William Anderson		 29 Aug 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
William Anderson		 29 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
William Anderson (Ontario MPP)		 29 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 29 Aug 2023 20:13 (but data presented dynamically)

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