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♂ Walter W. Meacham
aliasWalter W. Meacham
Record
42698 · 11865

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 60%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 3 2 5
Birth 22 September 1844 → 179 years + 7 months ago
Lived 60 years + 10 months
First mandate 28 December 1886 → 137 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 42 years + 3 months
Death 27 July 1905 → 118 years + 9 months ago
Exit → Death 7 years + 4 months after 28 February 1898
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 11 1 29 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Bowen E. Aylsworth  m  (3 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ George D. Hawley  m 
 
Eligible: 4,210 Votes: 3,153 Participation: 74.89% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
6		 Ontario
28 December 1886
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33174(F) — 31 Dec 2022 14:46 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
42
LC
 1/2 1,627 51.63% +103 Loser:
LIB
 1,524 48.37% George D. Hawley

Service: 3 years 5 months 7 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 4,084 Votes: 2,881 Participation: 70.54% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
7		 Ontario
5 June 1890
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33266(F) — 31 Dec 2022 12:25 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
LC
 1/2 1,441 50.38% +22 Loser:
LIB
 1,419 49.62% Bowen E. Aylsworth

Service: 4 years 20 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 4,154 Votes: 2,793 Participation: 67.24% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
8		 Ontario
26 June 1894
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33355(F) — 31 Dec 2022 09:51 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
49
LC
 1/3 1,089 39.09% +112 Loser:
LIB
 977 35.07% Thomas Symington

Service: 3 years 8 months 2 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 4,214 Votes: 3,318 Participation: 78.74% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
9		 Ontario
1 March 1898
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33450(F) — 30 Dec 2022 19:03 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
53
LC
 2/2 1,634 49.35% -43 Winner:
LIB
 1,677 50.65% Bowen E. Aylsworth
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
9		 Ontario
18 November 1898
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33737(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
54
LC
 2/2 1 33.33% -1 Winner:
LIB
 2 66.67% Bowen E. Aylsworth

Online biographical references (2)

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

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  2 Sep 2023 13:02 (but data presented dynamically)

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