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♂ Thomas Wills
aliasThomas Wills
Record
65497 · 11748

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
Ontario 1 0 1
Total 1 1 2
Birth 2 August 1826 → 197 years + 9 months ago
Lived 80 years + 7 months
First mandate 18 January 1875 → 149 years + 3 months ago
↳ at age 48 years + 5 months
Death 11 March 1907 → 117 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 27 years + 9 months after 4 June 1879
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 4 4 15 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
2 documented challengers
⊖ James Brown  m 
 		 ⊖ R.J. Ketchum Graham  m 
 
Eligible: 3,095 Votes: 463 Participation: 14.96% Candidacies: 2
Federal
3		 Ontario
22 January 1874
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18772(F) — 30 Jul 2023 15:16 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
47
CONS
 2/2 49 10.58% -365 Winner:
CONS
 414 89.42% James Brown
Eligible: 2,962 Votes: 1,953 Participation: 65.94% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
3		 Ontario
18 January 1875
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32793(F) — 30 Jul 2023 15:16 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
48
LC
 1/3 720 36.87% +102 Loser:
IND
 618 31.64% R.J. Ketchum Graham

Service: 4 years 4 months 17 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 3,594 Votes: 2,477 Participation: 68.92% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
4		 Ontario
5 June 1879
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32884(F) — 21 Feb 2022 20:08 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
52		 Successor:
LC
 1,402 56.60% Alexander Robertson

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
Thomas Wills		 30 Jul 2023
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Thomas Wills		 30 Jul 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Thomas Wills		 30 Jul 2023
EN Wikipedia
Thomas Wills (politician)		 30 Jul 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 30 Jul 2023 15:16 (but data presented dynamically)

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