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♂ Robert A. Williams
aliasRobert A. Williams
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
British Columbia 6 0 6
Birth 20 October 1933
Age 90 years + 6 months
First mandate 12 September 1966 → 57 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 32 years + 10 months
 
Mandate ended 32 years + 6 months ago (16 October 1991)
Special notes
None
 

Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ William A. Pritchard (1888–1981) Grandfather  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
British Columbia 16 4 18 Z

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 8  
8 documented challengers
⊖ Val J. Anderson  m 
⊕ Glen D. Clark  m 
⊖ Alexander B. Macdonald  m  (4 runoffs)
⊖ Maurice Rush  m 
 		 ⊖ Norman S. Chamberlist  m 
⊕ Arthur J. Lee  m 
⊖ Nigel Morgan  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Homer J. Stevens  m 
 
Eligible: 37,916 Votes: 45,925 Participation: 60.56% Candidacies: 7
Provincial
28		 British Columbia
12 September 1966
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 29999(F) — 26 Feb 2024 08:17 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
32
NDP
 2/7 12,185 53.53% +3,541 Loser:
SC
 8,644 37.98% James M. Kennedy

Service: 2 years 11 months 14 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 44,217 Votes: 51,148 Participation: 57.84% Candidacies: 9
Provincial
29		 British Columbia
27 August 1969
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 30057(F) — 2 Jan 2024 20:56 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
35
NDP
 2/9 12,768 50.26% +2,771 Loser:
SC
 9,997 39.35% Arthur B. Jacobson

Service: 3 years 2 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 44,294 Votes: 53,937 Participation: 60.89% Candidacies: 8
Provincial
30		 British Columbia
30 August 1972
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 30105(F) — 2 Jan 2024 20:56 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
38
NDP
 2/8 16,647 62.32% +9,174 Loser:
SC
 7,473 27.98% A.G. David Brown

Service: 3 years 3 months 10 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 46,426 Votes: 56,044 Participation: 60.36% Candidacies: 11
Provincial
31		 British Columbia
11 December 1975
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 30155(F) — 2 Jan 2024 20:56 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
42
NDP
 2/11 15,396 54.94% +4,965 Loser:
SC
 10,431 37.22% Ratomir (Roy) Babic
After his election:
27 Feb 1976 42
NDP
 →
Vac.
 To vacate the seat for someone else
Service: 2 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 46,426 Votes: 28,823 Participation: 62.08% Candidacies: 7
Provincial
31		 British Columbia
3 June 1976
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 30163(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
42		 Successor:
NDP
 19,997 70.23% David Barrett
Eligible: 50,982 Votes: 23,530 Participation: 46.15% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
33		 British Columbia
8 November 1984
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 35834(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
51
NDP
 1/5 12,857 55.50% +6,570 Loser:
LIB
 6,287 27.14% Arthur J. Lee

Service: 1 year 11 months 13 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 49,924 Votes: 72,770 Participation: 72.88% Candidacies: 8
Provincial
34		 British Columbia
22 October 1986
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 35878(F) — 13 Jan 2022 07:56 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
NDP
 1/8 21,555 60.67% +10,486 Loser:
SC
 11,069 31.16% John M. Bitonti

Service: 4 years 11 months 24 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 25,521 Votes: 18,411 Participation: 72.14% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
35		 British Columbia
17 October 1991
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 7921(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
57		 Successor:
NDP
 8,323 46.85% Ujjal D.S. Dosanjh

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
Robert Arthur Williams		 20 Oct 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 20 Oct 2023 06:49 (but data presented dynamically)

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