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♂ William Newman
aliasWilliam Newman
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 60%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 3 2 5
Birth 12 January 1873 → 151 years + 3 months ago
Lived 80 years + 9 months
First mandate 1 December 1926 → 97 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 53 years + 10 months
Death 21 October 1953 → 70 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 16 years + 16 days after 5 October 1937
Special notes
None
 
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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 10 10 2 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Leslie M. Frost  m  (3 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ James R. Mark  m 
 
Eligible: 8,764 Votes: 6,137 Participation: 70.03% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
17		 Ontario
1 December 1926
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 34484(F) — 4 Sep 2023 14:02 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
53
LIB
 1/2 3,207 52.26% +277 Loser:
LC
 2,930 47.74% James R. Mark

Service: 2 years 10 months 28 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 8,639 Votes: 6,282 Participation: 72.72% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
18		 Ontario
30 October 1929
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 34601(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
56
LIB
 1/2 3,139 50.25% +31 Loser:
LC
 3,108 49.75% Donald McQuarrie

Service: 4 years 7 months 19 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 23,039 Votes: 18,728 Participation: 81.29% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
19		 Ontario
19 June 1934
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 34708(F) — 28 Dec 2022 08:03 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
61
LIB
 1/2 10,629 57.11% +2,647 Loser:
LC
 7,982 42.89% Leslie M. Frost

Service: 3 years 3 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 22,467 Votes: 18,517 Participation: 82.42% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
20		 Ontario
6 October 1937
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 34803(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
64
LIB
 2/2 9,033 49.08% -339 Winner:
LC
 9,372 50.92% Leslie M. Frost
Eligible: 21,718 Votes: 14,814 Participation: 68.21% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
23		 Ontario
7 June 1948
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 35084(F) — 23 Dec 2022 20:10 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
75
LIB
 2/3 4,657 31.60% -4,173 Winner:
PC
 8,830 59.92% Leslie M. Frost

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
William Newman		 14 Dec 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
William Newman		 14 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
William Newman (Canadian politician)		 14 Dec 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 14 Dec 2023 20:02 (but data presented dynamically)

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