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♂ William Lees
aliasWilliam Lees
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 3 0 3
Birth 21 November 1821 → 202 years + 5 months ago
Lived 81 years + 2 months
First mandate 5 June 1879 → 144 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 57 years + 6 months
Death 15 February 1903 → 121 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 12 years + 8 months after 4 June 1890
Special notes
None
 

Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Peter McLaren (1833–1919) Son-in-law
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Ontario 10 11 27 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Francis T. Frost  m 
 
 
Eligible: 3,228 Votes: 1,827 Participation: 56.60% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
4		 Ontario
5 June 1879
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32894(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
57
ICON
 1/4 907 49.64% +53 Loser:
LC
 854 46.74% J. Elliot

Service: 3 years 8 months 21 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 3,808 Votes: 2,353 Participation: 61.79% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
5		 Ontario
27 February 1883
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32982(F) — 31 Dec 2022 16:15 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
61
IND
 1/4 1,089 46.56% +29 Loser:
LIB
 1,060 45.32% E. Elliott

Service: 3 years 10 months (Oppo.)
Eligible: 4,479 Votes: 3,269 Participation: 72.99% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
6		 Ontario
28 December 1886
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33171(F) — 31 Dec 2022 14:45 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
65
LC
 1/2 1,836 56.44% +419 Loser:
LIB
 1,417 43.56% Francis T. Frost

Service: 3 years 5 months 7 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 4,802 Votes: 2,607 Participation: 54.29% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
7		 Ontario
5 June 1890
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33264(F) — 31 Dec 2022 12:24 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
68		 Successor:
LC
 1,509 58.17% Nathaniel McLenaghan

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
William Lees		 02 Dec 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
William Lees		 02 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
William Lees		 02 Dec 2023

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Rev.:  2 Dec 2023 17:20 (but data presented dynamically)

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