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♂ William H. Golding
aliasWilliam H. Golding
Record
23525 · 12085

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 4 0 4
Birth 14 April 1878 → 146 years ago
Lived 83 years + 8 months
First mandate 3 October 1932 → 91 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 54 years + 5 months
Death 31 December 1961 → 62 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 12 years + 6 months after 26 June 1949
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 16 8 19

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Thomas Pryde  m 
 
 
Eligible: 14,146 Votes: 12,106 Participation: 85.58% Candidacies: 2
Federal
17		 Ontario
3 October 1932
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 22577(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
54
LIB
 1/2 7,046 58.20% +1,986 Loser:
LC
 5,060 41.80% Louis H. Rader

Service: 3 years 10 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 14,672 Votes: 10,791 Participation: 73.55% Candidacies: 3
Federal
18		 Ontario
14 October 1935
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22683(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
57
LIB
 1/3 6,260 58.01% +3,259 Loser:
LC
 3,001 27.81% Frank Donnelly

Service: 4 years 5 months 11 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 14,742 Votes: 9,094 Participation: 61.69% Candidacies: 2
Federal
19		 Ontario
26 March 1940
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22964(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
61
LIB
 1/2 5,622 61.82% +2,150 Loser:
NATG
 3,472 38.18% James W. Morley

Service: 5 years 2 months 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 14,024 Votes: 11,168 Participation: 79.63% Candidacies: 3
Federal
20		 Ontario
11 June 1945
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 23224(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
67
LIB
 1/3 5,645 50.55% +475 Loser:
PC
 5,170 46.29% Thomas Pryde

Service: 4 years 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 17,241 Votes: 14,355 Participation: 83.26% Candidacies: 3
Federal
21		 Ontario
27 June 1949
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23485(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
71		 Successor:
LIB
 7,000 49.08% Andrew Y. McLean

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. William Henry Golding, M.P., Senator		 09 Aug 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. William Henry Golding, député, sénateur		 09 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
William Henry Golding		 09 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  9 Aug 2023 11:43 (but data presented dynamically)

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