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♂ William H. Hearst
aliasWilliam H. Hearst
Record
26754 · 12833

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 60%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 3 2 5
Birth 15 February 1864 → 160 years + 2 months ago
Lived 77 years + 7 months
First mandate 8 June 1908 → 115 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 44 years + 3 months
Death 29 September 1941 → 82 years + 7 months ago
Exit → Death 21 years + 11 months after 19 October 1919
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 11 4 8 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. ON 14
LC
 1 Party leader 50–55 02 Oct 1914 — 31 Oct 1919 5 0 29
2. ON 14
LC
 1 Premier 50–55 02 Oct 1914 — 19 Oct 1919 5 0 17

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
3 documented challengers
⊖ James B. Cunningham  m 
⊖ Charles N. Smith  m 
 		 ⊖ Charles F. Farwell  m 
 
Eligible: 7,928 Votes: 4,002 Participation: 50.48% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
8		 Ontario
26 June 1894
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33314(F) — 31 Dec 2022 09:36 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
30
LC
 2/2 1,916 49.15% -66 Winner:
LIB
 1,982 50.85% Charles F. Farwell
Eligible: 4,771 Votes: 2,590 Participation: 54.29% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
12		 Ontario
8 June 1908
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 33861(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
44
LC
 1/2 1,406 54.69% +241 Loser:
LIB
 1,165 45.31% Charles N. Smith

Service: 3 years 6 months 2 days (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
13		 Ontario
11 December 1911
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 33970(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
LC
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 2 years 6 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,309 Votes: 3,701 Participation: 58.66% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
14		 Ontario
29 June 1914
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 34081(F) — 29 Dec 2022 10:26 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
LC
 1/2 2,231 60.92% +800 Loser:
LIB
 1,431 39.08% Francis Crawford

Service: 5 years 3 months 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 10,595 Votes: 7,691 Participation: 72.59% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
15		 Ontario
20 October 1919
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UFO  Minority
ID: 34216(F) — 23 Jul 2023 10:58 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent → (Party leader)
Age
55
LC
 2/2 3,074 40.89% -1,370 Winner:
ILP
 4,444 59.11% James B. Cunningham

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
William Howard Hearst		 08 Oct 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
William Howard Hearst		 08 Oct 2023
EN Wikipedia
William Howard Hearst		 08 Oct 2023
FR Wikipédia
William Hearst		 08 Oct 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  8 Oct 2023 12:50 (but data presented dynamically)

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