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♂ William D. Black
aliasWilliam D. Black
Record
5144 · 12517

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 8 0 8
Birth 17 October 1867 → 156 years + 6 months ago
Lived 77 years
First mandate 11 December 1911 → 112 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 44 years + 1 month
Death 24 October 1944 → 79 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 1 year + 2 months after 3 August 1943
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
Ontario 31 7 15 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. ON 17
LC
 1 Speaker 59–61 02 Feb 1927 — 28 Mar 1929 2 1 26

Electoral history

Races 8  
Path points 9  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Colin A. Campbell  m  (2 runoffs)
 
 
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
13		 Ontario
11 December 1911
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 33894(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
44
LC
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 2 years 6 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,324 Votes: 2,366 Participation: 71.18% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
14		 Ontario
29 June 1914
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 34005(F) — 28 Dec 2022 23:45 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
46
LC
 1/2 1,841 78.27% +1,330 Loser:
TEMP
 511 21.73% John Sanderson

Service: 5 years 3 months 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
15		 Ontario
20 October 1919
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UFO  Minority
ID: 34137(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
LC
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 3 years 8 months 4 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 7,197 Votes: 4,439 Participation: 61.68% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
16		 Ontario
25 June 1923
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 34264(F) — 28 Dec 2022 20:08 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
55
LC
 1/2 3,110 70.83% +1,829 Loser:
LIB
 1,281 29.17% William Haines

Service: 3 years 5 months 5 days (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
17		 Ontario
1 December 1926
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 34387(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
59
LC
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 2 years 10 months 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 10,439 Votes: 6,407 Participation: 61.38% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
18		 Ontario
30 October 1929
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 34504(F) — 28 Dec 2022 09:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
62
LC
 1/2 4,273 67.47% +2,213 Loser:
LIB
 2,060 32.53% George Aylesworth

Service: 4 years 7 months 19 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 17,003 Votes: 13,501 Participation: 79.40% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
19		 Ontario
19 June 1934
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 34632(F) — 28 Dec 2022 07:30 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
66
LC
 1/2 7,223 53.81% +1,024 Loser:
LIB
 6,199 46.19% Colin A. Campbell

Service: 3 years 3 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 16,834 Votes: 14,213 Participation: 84.43% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
20		 Ontario
6 October 1937
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 34727(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
69
LC
 1/2 7,146 50.82% +230 Loser:
LIB
 6,916 49.18% Colin A. Campbell

Service: 5 years 9 months 28 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 15,143 Votes: 11,019 Participation: 72.77% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
21		 Ontario
4 August 1943
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 34826(F) — 23 Dec 2022 12:36 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
75		 Successor:
PC
 5,628 51.36% John A. Pringle

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
William David Black		 27 Jul 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
William David Black		 27 Jul 2023
EN Wikipedia
William Black (Ontario politician)		 27 Jul 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 27 Jul 2023 23:56 (but data presented dynamically)

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