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♂ William R. Meredith
aliasWilliam R. Meredith
Record
43026 · 11645

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 7 0 7
Birth 31 March 1840 → 184 years + 1 month ago
Lived 83 years + 4 months
First mandate 26 August 1872 → 151 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 32 years + 4 months
Death 21 August 1923 → 100 years + 8 months ago
Exit → Death 28 years + 9 months after 25 October 1894
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 22 1 23 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. ON 3–7
LC
 1 Party leader 38–54 15 Oct 1878 — 25 Oct 1894 16 0 10
2. ON 3–8
LC
 1 Opposition Leader 38–54 15 Oct 1878 — 25 Oct 1894 16 0 10

Electoral history

Races 7  
Path points 8  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Thomas S. Hobbs  m 
 
 
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
2		 Ontario
26 August 1872
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33067(F) — 21 Feb 2022 13:57 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
32
LC
 1/1 By acclamation ?

Service: 2 years 4 months 22 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 4,108 Votes: 2,481 Participation: 60.39% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
3		 Ontario
18 January 1875
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32805(F) — 21 Feb 2022 18:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
34
LC
 1/2 1,311 52.84% +141 Loser:
LIB
 1,170 47.16% J. Durand

Service: 4 years 4 months 17 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 4,904 Votes: 2,709 Participation: 55.24% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
4		 Ontario
5 June 1879
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32899(F) — 2 Oct 2021 01:15 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
39
LC
 1/2 1,578 58.25% +447 Loser:
LIB
 1,131 41.75% ? Magee

Service: 3 years 8 months 21 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
5		 Ontario
27 February 1883
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32987(F) — 2 Oct 2021 01:16 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
42
LC
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 3 years 10 months (Oppo.)
Eligible: 7,819 Votes: 3,165 Participation: 40.48% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
6		 Ontario
28 December 1886
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33176(F) — 31 Dec 2022 14:47 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
46
LC
 1/2 1,679 53.56% +223 Loser:
LAB
 1,456 46.44% S. Peddle

Service: 3 years 5 months 7 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
7		 Ontario
5 June 1890
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33268(F) — 2 Oct 2021 01:17 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
50
LC
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 4 years 20 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 7,511 Votes: 6,481 Participation: 86.29% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
8		 Ontario
26 June 1894
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33357(F) — 31 Dec 2022 09:52 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
54
LC
 1/2 3,273 51.07% +137 Loser:
LIB
 3,136 48.93% Thomas S. Hobbs
After his election:
25 Oct 1894 54
LC
 →
Vac.
 Left provincial politics
Service: 3 months 29 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 7,511 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
8		 Ontario
20 November 1894
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33723(F) — 22 Feb 2022 10:45 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
54		 Successor:
LIB
 Acclam. Thomas S. Hobbs

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
William Ralph Meredith		 21 Aug 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
William Ralph Meredith		 21 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
William Ralph Meredith		 21 Aug 2023
FR Wikipédia
William Ralph Meredith		 21 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 21 Aug 2023 00:42 (but data presented dynamically)

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