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♂ William Mostyn
aliasWilliam Mostyn
Record
44974 · 11859

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 1 1 2
Birth 5 June 1836 → 187 years + 10 months ago
Lived 44 years + 9 months
First mandate 18 January 1875 → 149 years + 3 months ago
↳ at age 38 years + 7 months
Death 30 March 1881 → 143 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 1 year + 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 2  
1 documented challenger
⊖ William C. Caldwell  m  (2 runoffs)
 
 
Eligible: 2,248 Votes: 1,800 Participation: 80.07% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
3		 Ontario
18 January 1875
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32799(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
38
LC
 1/2 913 50.72% +26 Loser:
LIB
 887 49.28% William C. Caldwell

Service: 4 years 4 months 17 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 3,181 Votes: 2,336 Participation: 73.44% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
4		 Ontario
5 June 1879
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32893(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
43
LC
 2/2 1,027 43.96% -282 Winner:
LIB
 1,309 56.04% William C. Caldwell

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
William Mostyn		 03 Sep 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
William Mostyn		 03 Sep 2023
EN Wikipedia
William Mostyn		 03 Sep 2023

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