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♂ William H. Chambers
aliasWilliam H. Chambers
Record
10236 · 12937

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 1 1 2
Birth c. 1858 → 166 years ago
Lived ± 90 years
First mandate 25 June 1923 → 100 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age ± 65 years
Death 11 October 1948 → 75 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 21 years + 10 months after 30 November 1926
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 3 5 6 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Merton E. Scott  m 
 
 
Eligible: 14,320 Votes: 9,987 Participation: 69.74% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
16		 Ontario
25 June 1923
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 34327(F) — 29 Sep 2023 13:22 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±65
LC
 1/3 3,889 39.20% +755 Loser:
UFO
 3,134 31.59% John E. Wright

Service: 3 years 5 months 5 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 13,900 Votes: 10,229 Participation: 73.59% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
17		 Ontario
1 December 1926
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 34450(F) — 29 Sep 2023 13:24 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
±68
LC
 2/2 4,375 43.03% -1,418 Winner:
LIBP
 5,793 56.97% Merton E. Scott

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
William Henry Chambers		 29 Sep 2023
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
William Henry Chambers		 29 Sep 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
William Henry Chambers		 29 Sep 2023

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