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♂ William H. Fenton
aliasWilliam H. Fenton
Record
19507 · 12557

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 2 1 3
Birth 24 November 1883 → 140 years + 5 months ago
Lived 88 years + 2 months
First mandate 20 October 1919 → 104 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 35 years + 10 months
Death 7 February 1972 → 52 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 45 years + 2 months after 30 November 1926
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 7 1 9 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
2 documented challengers
⊖ William MacDonald  m 
 		 ⊖ Alexander P. Mewhinney  m 
 
Eligible: 9,057 Votes: 6,966 Participation: 76.91% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
15		 Ontario
20 October 1919
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UFO  Minority
ID: 34142(F) — 7 Oct 2023 12:12 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
35
UFO
 1/2 3,689 54.08% +557 Loser:
LIB
 3,132 45.92% William MacDonald

Service: 3 years 8 months 4 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 8,496 Votes: 6,455 Participation: 75.98% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
16		 Ontario
25 June 1923
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 34269(F) — 28 Dec 2022 20:12 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
39
UFO
 1/3 2,557 39.97% +311 Loser:
LC
 2,246 35.10% William Brown

Service: 3 years 5 months 5 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 13,516 Votes: 9,411 Participation: 69.63% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
17		 Ontario
1 December 1926
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 34392(F) — 8 Oct 2022 15:09 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
43
PROG
 3/3 2,840 30.28% -761 Winner:
LIB
 3,601 38.39% Alexander P. Mewhinney

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Non-standard link
Bruce County Museum & Cultural Centre: Online Collections, Person Record: Fenton, William Henry, 1883-1972		 07 Oct 2023
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
William Henry Fenton		 07 Oct 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
William Henry Fenton		 07 Oct 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  7 Oct 2023 12:05 (but data presented dynamically)

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