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♂ William Kerns
aliasWilliam Kerns
Record
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German-Canadian    Protestant   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 80%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 4 1 5
Birth 6 September 1840 → 183 years + 7 months ago
Lived 72 years + 6 months
First mandate 27 February 1883 → 141 years + 2 months ago
↳ at age 42 years + 5 months
Death 6 March 1913 → 111 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 15 years + 6 days after 28 February 1898
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 14 11 28 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
2 documented challengers
⊖ John R. Barber  m 
 		 ⊖ David Robertson  m 
 
Eligible: 5,708 Votes: 3,885 Participation: 68.06% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
5		 Ontario
27 February 1883
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32968(F) — 31 Dec 2022 16:08 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
42
LC
 1/2 2,004 51.93% +149 Loser:
LIB
 1,855 48.07% David Robertson

Service: 3 years 10 months (Oppo.)
Eligible: 6,101 Votes: 4,458 Participation: 73.07% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
6		 Ontario
28 December 1886
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33157(F) — 31 Dec 2022 14:38 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
46
LC
 1/2 2,277 51.38% +122 Loser:
LIB
 2,155 48.62% ? Buck

Service: 3 years 5 months 7 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 5,869 Votes: 4,609 Participation: 78.53% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
7		 Ontario
5 June 1890
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33250(F) — 31 Dec 2022 12:16 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
49
LC
 1/2 2,377 51.98% +181 Loser:
LIB
 2,196 48.02% Henry Robinson

Service: 4 years 20 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 5,772 Votes: 4,450 Participation: 77.10% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
8		 Ontario
26 June 1894
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33339(F) — 31 Dec 2022 09:45 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
LC
 1/2 2,269 51.25% +111 Loser:
LIB
 2,158 48.75% John Husband

Service: 3 years 8 months 2 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 5,856 Votes: 4,962 Participation: 84.73% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
9		 Ontario
1 March 1898
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33433(F) — 30 Dec 2022 18:53 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
57
LC
 2/2 2,408 48.75% -123 Winner:
LIB
 2,531 51.25% John R. Barber

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
William Kerns		 19 Aug 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
William Kerns		 19 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
William Kerns		 19 Aug 2023

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