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♂ William M.C. Hodgson
aliasWilliam M.C. Hodgson
Record
27815 · 11565

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 83%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 5 1 6
Birth 18 March 1912 → 112 years + 1 month ago
Lived 76 years + 7 months
First mandate 17 October 1967 → 56 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 55 years + 6 months
Death 27 October 1988 → 35 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 3 years + 5 months after 1 May 1985
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 17 6 10 Z

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 6  
1 documented challenger
⊕ Gregory S. Sorbara  m 
 
 
Eligible: 31,426 Votes: 19,962 Participation: 63.52% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
28		 Ontario
17 October 1967
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14073(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
55
PC
 1/3 8,394 42.46% +2,127 Loser:
LIB
 6,267 31.70% Tom Taylor

Service: 4 years 3 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 40,717 Votes: 29,789 Participation: 73.16% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
29		 Ontario
21 October 1971
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14189(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
59
PC
 1/3 15,557 52.39% +7,514 Loser:
NDP
 8,043 27.09% Robert Lewis

Service: 3 years 10 months 27 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 47,747 Votes: 32,660 Participation: 68.40% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
30		 Ontario
18 September 1975
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 12537(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
63
PC
 1/3 12,891 39.65% +2,525 Loser:
LIB
 10,366 31.88% Margaret Britnell

Service: 1 year 8 months 21 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 50,833 Votes: 32,726 Participation: 64.38% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
31		 Ontario
9 June 1977
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 12161(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
65
PC
 1/3 15,639 48.05% +5,979 Loser:
NDP
 9,660 29.68% Ian Scott

Service: 3 years 9 months 9 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 61,790 Votes: 33,492 Participation: 54.20% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
32		 Ontario
19 March 1981
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12287(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
69
PC
 1/3 18,405 55.38% +8,189 Loser:
LIB
 10,216 30.74% Ronald Wilson

Service: 4 years 1 month 12 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 77,484 Votes: 45,837 Participation: 59.16% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
33		 Ontario
2 May 1985
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 12412(F) — 6 Jul 2023 22:28 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
73
PC
 2/3 17,196 37.78% -4,095 Winner:
LIB
 21,291 46.78% Gregory S. Sorbara

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
William Marshall Chamberlain Hodgson		 15 Aug 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
William Marshall Chamberlain Hodgson		 15 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
William Hodgson (Canadian politician)		 15 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 15 Aug 2023 01:46 (but data presented dynamically)

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