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♂ William D. Ardagh
aliasWilliam D. Ardagh
Record
1313 · 11701

Irish-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 2 0 2
Birth 21 March 1828 → 196 years + 1 month ago
Lived 65 years
First mandate 21 March 1871 → 153 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age 43 years
Death 16 April 1893 → 131 years ago
Exit → Death 18 years + 2 months after 17 January 1875
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 8 27 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
1 documented challenger
⊖ William Lount  m 
 
 
Eligible: 4,394 Votes: 3,050 Participation: 69.41% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
2		 Ontario
21 March 1871
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Minority
ID: 32748(F) — 21 Feb 2022 15:36 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
43
LC
 1/3 1,354 44.39% +313 Loser:
LIB
 1,041 34.13% Charles Cook
After his election:
2 Dec 1871 43
LC
 →
Vac.
 Election cancelled/Unseated
Service: 8 months 11 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,394 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
2		 Ontario
2 January 1872
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33058(F) — 21 Feb 2022 13:14 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
LC
 1/1 By acclamation ?

Service: 3 years 15 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 2,839 Votes: 2,098 Participation: 73.90% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
3		 Ontario
18 January 1875
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32830(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
46		 Successor:
LC
 1,133 54.00% John Kean

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
William Davis Ardagh		 26 Jul 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
William Davis Ardagh		 26 Jul 2023
EN Wikipedia
William Davis Ardagh		 26 Jul 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 26 Jul 2023 14:33 (but data presented dynamically)

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