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♂ William H. Edwards
aliasWilliam H. Edwards
Record
18287 · 12626

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 2 0 2
Birth 7 August 1857 → 166 years + 8 months ago
Lived 92 years + 5 months
First mandate 7 July 1924 → 99 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 66 years + 11 months
Death 18 January 1950 → 74 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 20 years + 2 months after 29 October 1929
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 5 3 21 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Arthur G.P. Frost  m 
 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 9,323 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
16		 Ontario
7 July 1924
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 34386(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
66
LC
 1/2 7,640 81.95% +5,957 Loser:
ILP
 1,683 18.05% J.A. Young

Service: 2 years 4 months 23 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 20,059 Votes: 12,455 Participation: 62.09% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
17		 Ontario
1 December 1926
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 34477(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
69
LC
 1/2 9,452 76.79% +6,595 Loser:
PROH
 2,857 23.21% Arthur G.P. Frost

Service: 2 years 10 months 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 19,899 Votes: 6,987 Participation: 35.11% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
18		 Ontario
30 October 1929
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 34587(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
72		 Successor:
LC
 5,114 74.40% Thomas H. Bell

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
William Henry Edwards		 03 Aug 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
William Henry Edwards		 03 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
William Henry Edwards (politician)		 03 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  3 Aug 2023 22:25 (but data presented dynamically)

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