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♂ William D. Howe
aliasWilliam D. Howe
Record
28421 · 12272

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 2 2 4
Birth 12 January 1916 → 108 years + 3 months ago
Lived 66 years + 5 months
First mandate 8 April 1963 → 61 years + 24 days ago
↳ at age 47 years + 2 months
Death 24 June 1982 → 41 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 14 years after 24 June 1968
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 5 2 15

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
3 documented challengers
⊕ Duncan M. Beattie  m 
⊖ Gordon J. Sullivan  m 
 		 ⊖ Robert M.T. McDonald  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 49,881 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
25		 Ontario
18 June 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24604(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
46
NDP
 3/4 15,899 31.87% -1,493 Winner:
PC
 17,392 34.87% Robert M.T. McDonald
Eligible: inc. Votes: 53,947 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
26		 Ontario
8 April 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 24868(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
47
NDP
 1/4 19,205 35.60% +1,363 Loser:
LIB
 17,842 33.07% James C. Custeau

Service: 2 years 6 months 30 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 70,402 Votes: 54,632 Participation: 77.60% Candidacies: 4
Federal
27		 Ontario
8 November 1965
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 25137(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
49
NDP
 1/4 22,736 41.94% +3,043 Loser:
LIB
 19,693 36.33% James A. Bethune

Service: 2 years 7 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 43,215 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
28		 Ontario
25 June 1968
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 9977(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
52
NDP
 2/3 14,838 34.34% -2,956 Winner:
LIB
 17,794 41.18% Gordon J. Sullivan

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
William Dean Howe, M.P.		 16 Aug 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
William Dean Howe, député		 16 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
William Dean Howe		 16 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 16 Aug 2023 08:08 (but data presented dynamically)

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