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♂ William Forrester
aliasWilliam Forrester
Record
20473 · 12306

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 1 2
Birth 16 March 1855 → 169 years + 1 month ago
Lived 71 years + 7 months
First mandate 6 December 1921 → 102 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 66 years + 8 months
Death 23 October 1926 → 97 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 11 months + 25 days after 28 October 1925
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 3 10 22

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Michael Steele  m  (2 runoffs)
 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 5,483 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
13		 Ontario
17 December 1917
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UNIO  Majority
ID: 21384(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
62
LL
 2/2 2,713 49.48% -57 Winner:
UNIO
 2,770 50.52% Michael Steele
Eligible: inc. Votes: 9,065 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
14		 Ontario
6 December 1921
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 21640(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
66
LIB
 1/3 3,209 35.40% +261 Loser:
NLCP
 2,948 32.52% Michael Steele

Service: 3 years 10 months 22 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 11,617 Votes: 8,496 Participation: 73.13% Candidacies: 2
Federal
15		 Ontario
29 October 1925
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 21911(F) — 27 Jun 2023 15:16 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
70		 Successor:
LIB
 4,455 52.44% Frederick G. Sanderson

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
William Forrester		 06 Aug 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
William Forrester		 06 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
William Forrester (politician)		 06 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  6 Aug 2023 20:47 (but data presented dynamically)

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