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♂ William A. Anderson
aliasWilliam A. Anderson
Record
1009 · 12781

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 60%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 3 2 5
Birth 29 August 1874 → 149 years + 8 months ago
Lived 87 years + 7 months
First mandate 29 May 1902 → 121 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 27 years + 9 months
Death 30 March 1962 → 62 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 32 years + 5 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 8 11 6 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Thomas D. Johnston  m 
⊖ James Thompson  m 
 		 ⊖ Thomas P. Lancaster  m 
 
Eligible: 4,855 Votes: 3,693 Participation: 76.07% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
10		 Ontario
29 May 1902
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33565(F) — 29 Aug 2023 20:17 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
27
LIB
 1/2 2,067 56.00% +443 Loser:
LC
 1,624 44.00% S.P. Ford

Service: 2 years 7 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,049 Votes: 2,624 Participation: 64.81% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
11		 Ontario
25 January 1905
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 33665(F) — 29 Aug 2023 20:17 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
30
LIB
 1/2 1,371 52.25% +118 Loser:
LC
 1,253 47.75% H.A. Moore

Service: 3 years 4 months 13 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 4,673 Votes: 3,253 Participation: 69.61% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
12		 Ontario
8 June 1908
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 33853(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
33		 Successor:
LC
 1,978 61.14% James Thompson
Eligible: 3,801 Votes: 3,094 Participation: 81.40% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
14		 Ontario
29 June 1914
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 34072(F) — 29 Aug 2023 20:17 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
39
LIB
 2/2 1,304 42.24% -479 Winner:
LC
 1,783 57.76% James Thompson
Eligible: 8,927 Votes: 6,012 Participation: 67.35% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
17		 Ontario
1 December 1926
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 34457(F) — 29 Aug 2023 20:17 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
52
LIB
 1/2 3,261 54.57% +546 Loser:
LC
 2,715 45.43% Thomas D. Johnston

Service: 2 years 10 months 28 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 8,807 Votes: 6,227 Participation: 70.71% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
18		 Ontario
30 October 1929
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 34569(F) — 29 Aug 2023 20:17 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
55
LIB
 2/2 3,088 49.77% -29 Winner:
LC
 3,117 50.23% Thomas P. Lancaster

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Non-standard link
Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members (William A. Anderson)		 29 Aug 2023
EN Find a Grave
William Alfred Anderson		 29 Aug 2023
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
William Alfred Anderson		 29 Aug 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
William Alfred Anderson		 29 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 29 Aug 2023 20:18 (but data presented dynamically)

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