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♂ William Barclay McMurrich
aliasWilliam McMurrich
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate
Known candidate ✓
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 0%
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Canada 0 2 2
Birth 1 November 1842 → 181 years + 6 months ago
Lived 65 years + 10 months
First run 20 June 1882 → 141 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 39 years + 7 months
Death 6 September 1908 → 115 years + 8 months ago
 
Special notes
None
 
William Barclay McMurrich (1842–1908)
© Photo 2009/1914 Robertson’s Landmarks of Toronto — licensed under CC BY 2.5
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ John McMurrich (1804–1883) Father  
 

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Electoral history

Race 1  
Path points 2  
2 documented challengers
⊖ James Beaty  m 
 		 ⊖ William E. O'Brien  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 4,997 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
5		 Ontario
20 June 1882
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19308(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
39
LIB
 2/2 2,283 45.69% -431 Winner:
CONS
 2,714 54.31% James Beaty
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,151 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
6		 Ontario
22 February 1887
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19480(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
44
LIB
 2/2 1,556 49.38% -39 Winner:
CONS
 1,595 50.62% William E. O'Brien

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
William Barclay McMurrich		  8 May 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  8 May 2024 07:49 (but data presented dynamically)

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