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♂ William R. Morrison
aliasWilliam R. Morrison
Record
44833 · 12918

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 2 1 3
Birth 20 April 1878 → 146 years ago
Lived 68 years + 10 months
First mandate 27 June 1928 → 95 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 50 years + 2 months
Death 16 March 1947 → 77 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 12 years + 8 months after 18 June 1934
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 5 11 20 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Samuel Lawrence  m 
 		 ⊖ Stewart Smith  m 
 
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
17		 Ontario
27 June 1928
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 34502(F) — 24 Feb 2022 07:48 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
50
LC
 1/1 By acclamation ?

Service: 1 year 4 months 2 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 25,294 Votes: 13,456 Participation: 53.20% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
18		 Ontario
30 October 1929
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 34530(F) — 2 Oct 2021 13:23 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
LC
 1/3 8,287 62.64% +3,818 Loser:
LIB
 4,469 33.78% Russell Treleaven

Service: 4 years 7 months 19 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 28,701 Votes: 19,412 Participation: 67.64% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
19		 Ontario
19 June 1934
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 34658(F) — 28 Dec 2022 07:39 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
56
LC
 2/5 7,213 37.84% -3,245 Winner:
CCF
 10,458 54.86% Samuel Lawrence

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
William Morrison		 03 Sep 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
William Morrison		 03 Sep 2023
EN Wikipedia
William Robert Morrison		 03 Sep 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  3 Sep 2023 15:02 (but data presented dynamically)

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