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♂ William B. Wood
aliasWilliam B. Wood
Record
66055 · 11820

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 3 0 3
Birth 11 June 1848 → 175 years + 10 months ago
Lived 79 years + 9 months
First mandate 28 December 1886 → 137 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 38 years + 6 months
Death 19 March 1928 → 96 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 32 years + 10 months after 20 April 1895
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 8 3 19 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 4  
Documented challenger
None
 
 
Eligible: 3,039 Votes: 1,684 Participation: 55.41% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
6		 Ontario
28 December 1886
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33134(F) — 31 Dec 2022 14:27 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
38
LIB
 1/2 1,025 60.87% +366 Loser:
LC
 659 39.13% William Turnbull

Service: 3 years 5 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 2,762 Votes: 1,838 Participation: 66.55% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
7		 Ontario
5 June 1890
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33226(F) — 31 Dec 2022 12:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
41
LIB
 1/2 1,178 64.20% +521 Loser:
LC
 657 35.80% Robert L. Hamilton

Service: 4 years 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 2,506 Votes: 1,940 Participation: 77.41% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
8		 Ontario
26 June 1894
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33316(F) — 31 Dec 2022 09:36 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
46
LIB
 1/2 1,192 61.44% +444 Loser:
LIPA
 748 38.56% S.G. Kitchen
After his election:
20 Apr 1895 46
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Left provincial politics
Service: 9 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
8		 Ontario
20 May 1895
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33727(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
46		 Successor:
LIB
 Acclam. Daniel Burt

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
William Bruce Wood		 30 Jul 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
William Bruce Wood		 30 Jul 2023
EN Wikipedia
William Bruce Wood		 30 Jul 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 30 Jul 2023 18:37 (but data presented dynamically)

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