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♂ Harold E. Welsh
aliasHarold E. Welsh
Record
64605 · 12921

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 2 0 2
Birth 5 December 1897 → 126 years + 4 months ago
Lived 45 years + 5 months
First mandate 9 December 1936 → 87 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 39 years
Death 20 May 1943 → 80 years + 11 months ago
Died in office Yes
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 6 5 8 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
Documented challenger
None
 
 
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
19		 Ontario
9 December 1936
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 34726(F) — 25 Feb 2022 11:05 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
39
LC
 1/1 By acclamation ?

Service: 9 months 26 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 15,086 Votes: 12,684 Participation: 84.08% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
20		 Ontario
6 October 1937
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 34755(F) — 25 Feb 2022 23:17 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
39
LC
 1/2 7,052 55.88% +1,484 Loser:
LIB
 5,568 44.12% Francis Brown
After his election:
20 May 1943 45
PC
 →
Vac.
 Died in office
Service: 5 years 7 months 14 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 14,221 Votes: 9,213 Participation: 64.78% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
21		 Ontario
4 August 1943
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 34854(F) — 23 Dec 2022 13:07 ET
—
 Deceased
Age
45		 Successor:
PC
 4,715 51.55% R. Lewis Robson

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Harold Edward Welsh		 30 Jul 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Harold Edward Welsh		 30 Jul 2023
EN Wikipedia
Harold Edward Welsh		 30 Jul 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 30 Jul 2023 08:39 (but data presented dynamically)

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