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♂ William Thoburn
aliasWilliam Thoburn
Record
60876 · 12354

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 2 0 2
Birth 14 April 1847 → 177 years ago
Lived 80 years + 9 months
First mandate 26 October 1908 → 115 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 61 years + 6 months
Death 23 January 1928 → 96 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 10 years + 1 month after 16 December 1917
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 9 1 19

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Thomas B. Caldwell  m  (2 runoffs)
 
 
Eligible: 4,159 Votes: 3,293 Participation: 79.18% Candidacies: 2
Federal
11		 Ontario
26 October 1908
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20876(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
61
CONS
 1/2 1,637 50.09% +6 Loser:
LIB
 1,631 49.91% Thomas B. Caldwell

Service: 2 years 10 months 25 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,999 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
12		 Ontario
21 September 1911
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 21104(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
64
CONS
 1/2 1,613 53.78% +227 Loser:
LIB
 1,386 46.22% Thomas B. Caldwell

Service: 6 years 2 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 9,086 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
13		 Ontario
17 December 1917
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UNIO  Majority
ID: 21362(F) — 23 Jan 2022 20:31 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
70		 Successor:
UNIO
 5,816 64.01% Adelbert E. Hanna

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
William Thoburn, M.P.		 18 Oct 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
William Thoburn, député		 18 Oct 2023
EN Wikipedia
William Thoburn (politician)		 18 Oct 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 18 Oct 2023 10:48 (but data presented dynamically)

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