Canada's electoral history from 1867 to today

William T. Hays
aliasWilliam T. Hays
Record
26676 · 11630

Irish-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate
Deceased Performance: 50%
 
Ontario 1 1 2
Birth 7 September 1837 → 186 years + 7 months ago
Lived 37 years + 9 months
First mandate 3 September 1867 → 156 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 29 years + 11 months
Death 27 June 1875 → 148 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 4 years + 3 months after 20 March 1871
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 6 15 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
1 documented challenger
Thomas Gibson  m  (2 runoffs)
 

 
Eligible: 5,513 Votes: 3,996 Participation: 72.48% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
1
Ontario
3 September 1867
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Minority
ID: 32629(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
→ New to this legislature
Age
29
LC
1/2 2,030 50.80% +64 Loser:
LIB
1,966 49.20% Thomas Gibson

Service:
3 years 6 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,889 Votes: 4,044 Participation: 68.67% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
2
Ontario
21 March 1871
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Minority
ID: 32712(F) — 22 Jul 2023 18:10 ET
Defeated incumbent →
Age
33
LC
2/2 1,785 44.14% -474 Winner:
LIB
2,259 55.86% Thomas Gibson

Online biographical references (2)

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


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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 12 Aug 2023 22:07 (but data presented dynamically)