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♂ William A. Preston
aliasWilliam A. Preston
Record
50688 · 12804

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 2 2 4
Birth 26 July 1848 → 175 years + 9 months ago
Lived 96 years
First mandate 1 March 1907 → 117 years + 2 months ago
↳ at age 58 years + 7 months
Death 22 August 1944 → 79 years + 8 months ago
Exit → Death 32 years + 8 months after 10 December 1911
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 4 9 9 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Hugh W. Kennedy  m  (3 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ James A. Mathieu  m 
 
Eligible: 4,813 Votes: 2,588 Participation: 53.77% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
11		 Ontario
25 January 1905
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 33667(F) — 30 Dec 2022 14:43 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
56
LC
 2/2 1,271 49.73% -14 Winner:
LIB
 1,285 50.27% Hugh W. Kennedy
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
11		 Ontario
1 March 1907
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 35739(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
58
LC
 1/2 2 66.67% +1 Loser:
LIB
 1 33.33% Hugh W. Kennedy

Service: 1 year 3 months 6 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 2,766 Votes: 1,739 Participation: 62.87% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
12		 Ontario
8 June 1908
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 33884(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
59
LC
 1/2 944 54.95% +170 Loser:
LIB
 774 45.05% Hugh W. Kennedy

Service: 3 years 6 months 2 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,685 Votes: 1,995 Participation: 54.14% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
13		 Ontario
11 December 1911
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 33966(F) — 10 Oct 2022 08:52 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
63
LC
 2/2 844 42.76% -286 Winner:
CL
 1,130 57.24% James A. Mathieu

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
William Alfred Preston		 22 Aug 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
William Alfred Preston		 22 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
William Alfred Preston		 22 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 22 Aug 2023 11:56 (but data presented dynamically)

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