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♂ Wilfrid L. Heighington
aliasWilfrid L. Heighington
Record
26884 · 12682

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 2 1 3
Birth 30 July 1897 → 126 years + 9 months ago
Lived 47 years + 7 months
First mandate 30 October 1929 → 94 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 32 years + 3 months
Death 23 March 1945 → 79 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 7 years + 5 months after 5 October 1937
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 11 4 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
2 documented challengers
⊖ William D. Dennison  m 
 		 ⊖ Allan A. Lamport  m 
 
Eligible: 26,295 Votes: 9,720 Participation: 36.97% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
18		 Ontario
30 October 1929
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 34597(F) — 12 Aug 2023 23:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
32
LC
 1/2 7,199 74.60% +4,748 Loser:
LIB
 2,451 25.40% James J. Carrick

Service: 4 years 7 months 19 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 26,189 Votes: 16,926 Participation: 64.63% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
19		 Ontario
19 June 1934
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 34702(F) — 12 Aug 2023 23:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
36
LC
 1/3 6,751 40.51% +1,095 Loser:
LIB
 5,656 33.94% Patrick Donnelly

Service: 3 years 3 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 27,093 Votes: 18,157 Participation: 67.02% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
20		 Ontario
6 October 1937
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 34797(F) — 12 Aug 2023 23:04 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
40
LC
 2/5 6,864 38.48% -839 Winner:
LIB
 7,703 43.18% Allan A. Lamport

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
Wilfrid Heighington		 12 Aug 2023
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Wilfred Heighington		 12 Aug 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Wilfred Heighington		 12 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
Wilfrid Heighington		 12 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 12 Aug 2023 23:04 (but data presented dynamically)

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