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♂ William Douglas Balfour
aliasWilliam Balfour
Record
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☆   Roman Catholic   ∞1
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 86%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 6 1 7
Birth 2 August 1851 → 172 years + 8 months ago
Lived 45 years
First mandate 18 October 1882 → 141 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 31 years + 2 months
Death 19 August 1896 → 127 years + 8 months ago
Died in office Yes
Special notes
None
 
William Douglas Balfour (1851–1896)
© Photo — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ David A. Balfour (c. 1889–1956) Son  
 
Well that's interesting!
Named Ontario provincial secretary in July 1896, Balfour won a ministerial by-election by acclamation on August 4. He died of complications caused by tuberculosis two weeks later.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Ontario 13 9 13 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. ON 8
LIB
 1 Speaker 43–44 21 Feb 1895 — 14 Jul 1896 1 4 23

Electoral history

Races 7  
Path points 8  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Solomon White  m 
 		 ⊖ Lewis Wigle  m 
 
Eligible: 3,606 Votes: 2,679 Participation: 74.29% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
4		 Ontario
5 June 1879
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32872(F) — 21 Feb 2022 20:05 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
27
LIB
 2/2 1,261 47.07% -157 Winner:
LC
 1,418 52.93% Lewis Wigle
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
4		 Ontario
18 October 1882
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33047(F) — 21 Feb 2022 19:44 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
31
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation ?

Service: 4 months 8 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,355 Votes: 3,387 Participation: 77.77% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
5		 Ontario
27 February 1883
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32960(F) — 31 Dec 2022 16:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
31
LIB
 1/2 1,705 50.50% +34 Loser:
LC
 1,671 49.50% Solomon White

Service: 3 years 10 months (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,047 Votes: 4,687 Participation: 77.51% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
6		 Ontario
28 December 1886
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33149(F) — 31 Dec 2022 14:35 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
35
LIB
 1/2 2,497 53.80% +353 Loser:
LC
 2,144 46.20% N.A. Coste

Service: 3 years 5 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,525 Votes: 4,803 Participation: 73.61% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
7		 Ontario
5 June 1890
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33242(F) — 31 Dec 2022 12:12 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
38
LIB
 1/2 2,505 52.15% +207 Loser:
LC
 2,298 47.85% Charles Fox

Service: 4 years 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,030 Votes: 4,773 Participation: 79.15% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
8		 Ontario
26 June 1894
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33331(F) — 9 Oct 2022 23:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
42
LIB
 1/3 2,521 52.82% +789 Loser:
CPP
 1,732 36.29% J. Buchanan
After his election:
21 Jul 1896 44
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran in a ministerial by-election
Service: 2 years 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,030 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
8		 Ontario
4 August 1896
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33731(F) — 11 Oct 2022 13:35 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation
After his election:
19 Aug 1896 45
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Died in office
Service: 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,030 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
8		 Ontario
20 October 1896
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33734(F) — 22 Feb 2022 10:54 ET
—
 Deceased
Age
45		 Successor:
LIB
 Acclam. John A. Auld

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
William Douglas Balfour		 18 Apr 2024
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
William Douglas Balfour		 18 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
William Balfour (politician)		 18 Apr 2024

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