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♂ Frederick V.W. Laughton
aliasFrederick V.W. Laughton
Record
34414 · 12996

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 1 2 3
Birth 1 November 1882 → 141 years + 6 months ago
Lived 64 years + 10 months
First mandate 30 October 1929 → 94 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 46 years + 11 months
Death 5 September 1947 → 76 years + 7 months ago
Exit → Death 13 years + 2 months after 18 June 1934
Special notes
Had found exact date of death on a family website that ceased to exist sometime after 2021.
 

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 7 18 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
1 documented challenger
⊖ John W. Freeborn  m  (2 runoffs)
 
 
Eligible: 14,876 Votes: 10,473 Participation: 70.40% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
18		 Ontario
30 October 1929
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 34550(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
46
LC
 1/2 5,288 50.80% +167 Loser:
LIB
 5,121 49.20% Wilbert McLeish

Service: 4 years 7 months 19 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 19,668 Votes: 14,303 Participation: 72.72% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
19		 Ontario
19 June 1934
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 34675(F) — 28 Dec 2022 07:47 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
51
LC
 2/2 6,408 45.25% -1,345 Winner:
LIB
 7,753 54.75% John W. Freeborn
Eligible: 19,435 Votes: 14,244 Participation: 73.29% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
20		 Ontario
6 October 1937
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 34770(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
54
LC
 2/2 5,675 40.10% -2,801 Winner:
LIB
 8,476 59.90% John W. Freeborn

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
Frederick VanWyck Laughton		 05 Sep 2023
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Fred Van Wyck Laughton		 05 Sep 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Fred Van Wyck Laughton		 05 Sep 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  5 Sep 2023 07:55 (but data presented dynamically)

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