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♂ William J. Bragg
aliasWilliam J. Bragg
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
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Ontario 5 0 5
Birth 23 July 1858 → 165 years + 9 months ago
Lived 82 years + 11 months
First mandate 20 October 1919 → 104 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 61 years + 2 months
Death 27 June 1941 → 82 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 3 years + 8 months after 5 October 1937
Special notes
None
 
William J. Bragg (1858–1941)
© Photo 1936 L. Lyonde — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
An Ontario Liberal, Bragg died after he was struck and run over by a horse-drawn milk wagon in Toronto. He had not been in office for nearly four years at the time of his death at age 82.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Ontario 17 11 12 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
1 documented challenger
⊖ John H. Devitt  m 
 
 
Eligible: 7,942 Votes: 6,149 Participation: 77.42% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
15		 Ontario
20 October 1919
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UFO  Minority
ID: 34150(F) — 17 Dec 2022 10:04 ET
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 → New to this legislature
Age
61
LIB
 1/2 3,346 56.20% +738 Loser:
LC
 2,608 43.80% John H. Devitt

Service: 3 years 8 months 4 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 8,034 Votes: 5,424 Participation: 67.51% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
16		 Ontario
25 June 1923
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 34277(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
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 Re-elected incumbent
Age
64
LIB
 1/3 2,295 42.31% +181 Loser:
LC
 2,114 38.97% Arthur Van Camp

Service: 3 years 5 months 5 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 16,381 Votes: 12,101 Participation: 73.87% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
17		 Ontario
1 December 1926
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 34399(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
68
LIB
 1/2 6,639 55.27% +1,267 Loser:
LC
 5,372 44.73% Thomas Chalk

Service: 2 years 10 months 28 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 16,552 Votes: 11,873 Participation: 71.73% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
18		 Ontario
30 October 1929
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 34516(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
71
LIB
 1/2 5,860 50.04% +10 Loser:
LC
 5,850 49.96% Milton Elliott

Service: 4 years 7 months 19 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 18,438 Votes: 13,704 Participation: 74.32% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
19		 Ontario
19 June 1934
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 34645(F) — 28 Dec 2022 07:35 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
75
LIB
 1/3 6,232 45.75% +268 Loser:
LC
 5,964 43.79% Milton Elliott

Service: 3 years 3 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 17,507 Votes: 13,863 Participation: 79.19% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
20		 Ontario
6 October 1937
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 34740(F) — 14 Oct 2023 15:32 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
79		 Successor:
LIB
 7,183 52.23% Cecil G. Mercer

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
William John Bragg		 11 Feb 2024
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
William John Bragg		 11 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
William John Bragg		 11 Feb 2024

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