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♂ W. Garfield Case
aliasW. Garfield Case
Record
9882 · 12112

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 2 4 6
Birth 23 September 1898 → 125 years + 7 months ago
Lived 60 years + 11 months
First mandate 5 February 1945 → 79 years + 2 months ago
↳ at age 46 years + 4 months
Death 22 September 1959 → 64 years + 7 months ago
Exit → Death 10 years + 2 months after 26 June 1949
Special notes
None
 
W. Garfield Case (1898–1959) 200x300
© Photo 1945 House of Commons (Canada) — Public domain
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 4 4 18

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 6  
7 documented challengers
⊖ Colin E. Bennett  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Ronald A. Gostick  m 
⊖ Victor C. Porteous  m 
⊖ William P. Telford  m 
 		 ⊖ Albert E. Godfrey  m 
⊖ Andrew G.L. McNaughton  m 
⊖ William E. Rowe  m 
 
Eligible: 20,372 Votes: 13,757 Participation: 67.53% Candidacies: 2
Federal
17		 Ontario
28 July 1930
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 22392(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
31
LIB
 2/2 4,388 31.90% -4,981 Winner:
LC
 9,369 68.10% William E. Rowe
Eligible: 23,419 Votes: 15,743 Participation: 67.22% Candidacies: 3
Federal
19		 Ontario
26 March 1940
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22954(F) — 1 Sep 2022 00:30 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
41
NLP
 3/3 2,434 15.46% -5,104 Winner:
LIB
 7,538 47.88% William P. Telford
Eligible: 23,419 Votes: 13,786 Participation: 58.87% Candidacies: 3
Federal
19		 Ontario
5 February 1945
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23120(F) — 1 Aug 2023 20:18 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
46
PC
 1/3 7,333 53.19% +1,236 Loser:
LIB
 6,097 44.23% Andrew G.L. McNaughton

Service: 4 months 5 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 22,600 Votes: 18,169 Participation: 80.39% Candidacies: 4
Federal
20		 Ontario
11 June 1945
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 23214(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
46
PC
 1/4 9,204 50.66% +1,634 Loser:
LIB
 7,570 41.66% Findlay MacDonald

Service: 4 years 15 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 23,711 Votes: 18,982 Participation: 80.06% Candidacies: 3
Federal
21		 Ontario
27 June 1949
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23475(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
50
PC
 2/3 7,589 40.17% -2,360 Winner:
LIB
 9,949 52.66% Colin E. Bennett
Eligible: 23,343 Votes: 17,570 Participation: 75.27% Candidacies: 4
Federal
22		 Ontario
10 August 1953
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23776(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to Parliament
Age
54
PC
 2/4 7,293 41.87% -1,075 Winner:
LIB
 8,368 48.04% Colin E. Bennett

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Wilfrid Garfield Case, M.P.		 26 Nov 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Wilfrid Garfield Case, député		 26 Nov 2023
EN Wikipedia
W. Garfield Case		 26 Nov 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 26 Nov 2023 09:07 (but data presented dynamically)

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