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♂ William E. Johnston
aliasWilliam E. Johnston
Record
30332 · 11491

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 4 0 4
Birth 5 May 1905 → 118 years + 11 months ago
Lived 88 years + 6 months
First mandate 9 June 1955 → 68 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 50 years + 1 month
Death 24 November 1993 → 30 years + 5 months ago
Exit → Death 22 years + 1 month after 20 October 1971
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 16 4 8 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
Documented challenger
None
 
 
Eligible: 14,574 Votes: 8,157 Participation: 55.97% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
25		 Ontario
9 June 1955
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 35204(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
50
PC
 1/2 5,153 63.65% +2,210 Loser:
LIB
 2,943 36.35% Hilton Dillon

Service: 4 years 1 day (Gov't)
Eligible: 22,021 Votes: 10,843 Participation: 49.24% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
26		 Ontario
11 June 1959
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 35314(F) — 24 Dec 2022 11:07 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
54
PC
 1/4 6,410 59.85% +2,662 Loser:
LIB
 3,748 35.00% Harold Kay

Service: 4 years 3 months 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 37,484 Votes: 22,850 Participation: 60.96% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
27		 Ontario
25 September 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 35420(F) — 24 Dec 2022 15:32 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
58
PC
 1/3 12,999 57.13% +4,496 Loser:
LIB
 8,503 37.37% Frank Marchington

Service: 4 years 21 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 33,280 Votes: 20,660 Participation: 62.08% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
28		 Ontario
17 October 1967
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 13963(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
62
PC
 1/3 10,506 50.99% +3,810 Loser:
LIB
 6,696 32.50% Frank Marchington

Service: 4 years 3 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 50,393 Votes: 37,180 Participation: 73.78% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
29		 Ontario
21 October 1971
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14084(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
66		 Successor:
PC
 18,538 49.95% Sidney B. Handleman

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
William Erskine Johnston		 18 Aug 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
William Erskine Johnston		 18 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
William Erskine Johnston		 18 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 18 Aug 2023 19:56 (but data presented dynamically)

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