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♂ William D. Lyon
aliasWilliam D. Lyon
Record
37271 · 11621

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 1 1 2
Birth 5 June 1825 → 198 years + 10 months ago
Lived 68 years + 4 months
First mandate 2 November 1875 → 148 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 50 years + 4 months
Death 18 October 1893 → 130 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 14 years + 4 months after 4 June 1879
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 3 7 1 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
1 documented challenger
⊖ William Barber  m 
 
 
Eligible: 3,709 Votes: 2,133 Participation: 57.51% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
2		 Ontario
21 March 1871
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Minority
ID: 32707(F) — 22 Jul 2023 13:43 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
45
LC
 2/3 939 44.02% -255 Winner:
LIB
 1,194 55.98% William Barber
Eligible: 4,488 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
3		 Ontario
2 November 1875
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33097(F) — 21 Feb 2022 17:15 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
50
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation ?

Service: 3 years 7 months 2 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,250 Votes: 3,498 Participation: 66.63% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
4		 Ontario
5 June 1879
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32880(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
54		 Successor:
LIB
 1,765 50.46% David Robertson

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
William Durie Lyon		 25 Aug 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
William Durie Lyon		 25 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
William Durie Lyon		 25 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 25 Aug 2023 22:55 (but data presented dynamically)

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