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♂ William S. Murphy
aliasWilliam S. Murphy
Record
45427 · 11971

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 1 2
Birth 12 February 1882 → 142 years + 2 months ago
Lived 79 years + 2 months
First mandate 29 July 1929 → 94 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 47 years + 5 months
Death 29 April 1961 → 63 years ago
Exit → Death 30 years + 9 months after 27 July 1930
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
Canada 0 11 28

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Bert H. Soper  m 
 		 ⊖ Thomas A. Thompson  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 19,933 Votes: 12,856 Participation: 64.50% Candidacies: 2
Federal
16		 Ontario
29 July 1929
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 22309(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
47
ICON
 1/2 7,174 55.80% +1,492 Loser:
LC
 5,682 44.20% Thomas A. Thompson

Service: 11 months 28 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 20,816 Votes: 16,775 Participation: 80.59% Candidacies: 4
Federal
17		 Ontario
28 July 1930
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 22417(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
48
ICON
 3/4 3,937 23.47% -3,127 Winner:
LC
 7,064 42.11% Thomas A. Thompson

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
William Samuel Murphy, M.P.		 03 Sep 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
William Samuel Murphy, député		 03 Sep 2023
EN Wikipedia
William Samuel Murphy		 03 Sep 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  3 Sep 2023 21:01 (but data presented dynamically)

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