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♂ William Rickard
aliasWilliam Rickard
Record
52579 · 12759

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 1 1 2
Birth c. September 1843 → 180 years + 8 months ago
Lived ± 78 years
First mandate 29 May 1902 → 121 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age ± 58 years
Death c. 18 December 1921 → 102 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death ± 16 years + 10 months after 24 January 1905
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 2 7 27 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
2 documented challengers
⊖ John H. Devitt  m 
 		 ⊖ William H. Reid  m 
 
Eligible: 3,908 Votes: 3,363 Participation: 86.05% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
10		 Ontario
29 May 1902
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33514(F) — 21 Oct 2023 12:51 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±58
LIB
 1/2 1,706 51.32% +88 Loser:
LC
 1,618 48.68% William H. Reid

Service: 2 years 7 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,676 Votes: 3,265 Participation: 88.82% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
11		 Ontario
25 January 1905
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 33612(F) — 21 Oct 2023 12:51 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
±61
LIB
 2/2 1,559 47.98% -131 Winner:
LC
 1,690 52.02% John H. Devitt

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
William Rickard		 24 Oct 2023
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
William Rickard		 24 Oct 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
William Rickard		 24 Oct 2023

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Rev.: 24 Oct 2023 17:24 (but data presented dynamically)

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