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♂ William A. Pritchard
aliasWilliam A. Pritchard
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate ✓		 Deceased Performance: 0%
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Canada 0 3 3
British Columbia 0 5 5
Manitoba 0 1 1
Total 0 9 9
Birth 3 April 1888 → 136 years + 1 month ago
Lived 93 years + 6 months
First run 28 March 1912 → 112 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age 23 years + 11 months
Death 23 October 1981 → 42 years + 6 months ago
 
Special notes
None
 
William A. Pritchard (1888–1981)
© Photo Scribbler54 — licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
Family tie with other documented individual
⊕ Robert A. Williams (1933–) Grandson  
 

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Mayor/Reeve Burnaby, British Columbia (1930–1932)
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Electoral history

Races 9  
Path points 9  
49 documented challengers
⊖ George Armstrong  m 
⊖ Duncan Cameron  m 
⊖ Harriet S. Dick  f 
⊖ Frederick J. Dixon  m 
⊖ Edward B. Fisher  m 
⊖ John T. Haig  m 
⊖ William Ivens  m 
⊖ Richard J. Johns  m 
⊖ Frederick W. Law  m 
⊖ James Lightfoot  m 
⊖ Alexander H.B. MacGowan  m 
⊖ George A. McGuire  m 
⊖ Stanley S. McKeen  m 
⊖ William C. Morden  m 
⊖ John (Jack) Price  m 
⊖ John Queen  m 
⊖ Robert B. Russell  m 
⊖ Ralph Smith  m 
⊖ Henry H. Stevens  m 
⊖ John Stovel  m 
⊖ Frederick G. Tipping  m 
⊖ William J. Tupper  m 
⊖ Leoni S. Warde  m 
⊖ George M. Weir  m 
⊖ Harold E. Winch  m 
 		 ⊖ William J. Bowser  m 
⊖ William J. Christie  m 
⊖ Charles H. Dickie  m 
⊖ Dugald Donaghy  m 
⊖ Charles H. Forrester  m 
⊖ Thomas G. Hamilton  m 
⊖ Robert Jacob  m 
⊖ Thomas H. Johnson  m 
⊖ George H. Lawrence  m 
⊖ Robert N. Lowery  m 
⊖ Michael Manson  m 
⊖ Wm. Wallace B. McInnes  m 
⊖ William G. McQuarrie  m 
⊖ William L. Parrish  m 
⊖ George W. Prout  m 
⊖ Edith F. Rogers  f 
⊖ William Sloan  m 
⊖ Dorothy G. Steeves  f 
⊖ Hugh Stewart  m 
⊖ James L. Telford  m 
⊖ Charles E. Tisdall  m 
⊖ George A. Walkem  m 
⊖ Henry H. Watson  m 
⊖ Robert Wilkinson  m 
 
Eligible: 20,393 Votes: 46,285 Participation: 45.39% Candidacies: 16
Provincial
13		 British Columbia
28 March 1912
General
Plurality-at-large (5)
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 28985(F) — 2 Mar 2022 22:57 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
23
SP
 15/16 1,081 11.68% -3,896 Winner:
LC
 4,977 53.76% Henry H. Watson
Eligible: 3,635 Votes: 2,127 Participation: 58.51% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
14		 British Columbia
14 September 1916
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 28998(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
28
SP
 3/4 246 11.57% -670 Winner:
LIB
 916 43.07% Hugh Stewart
Eligible: inc. Votes: 20,257 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
13		 British Columbia
17 December 1917
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UNIO  Majority
ID: 21284(F) — 5 Jul 2023 12:03 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
29
LAB
 3/3 992 4.90% -12,730 Winner:
UNIO
 13,722 67.74% Henry H. Stevens
Eligible: 62,255 Votes: 47,427 Participation: 76.18% Candidacies: 41
Provincial
16		 Manitoba
29 June 1920
General
Single trans. vote (10)
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 37184(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
32
DLP
 24/41 443 0.93% -1,057 Winner:
CONS
 1,500 3.16% William J. Tupper
Eligible: inc. Votes: 15,014 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
14		 British Columbia
6 December 1921
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 21541(F) — 5 Jul 2023 17:08 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
33
LAB
 3/3 3,958 26.36% -2,939 Winner:
NLCP
 6,897 45.94% Charles H. Dickie
Eligible: 4,624 Votes: 3,478 Participation: 75.22% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
16		 British Columbia
20 June 1924
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 29266(F) — 12 Feb 2023 11:10 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
36
CLP
 2/4 1,083 31.14% -529 Winner:
LIB
 1,612 46.35% William Sloan
Eligible: 23,419 Votes: 18,541 Participation: 79.17% Candidacies: 3
Federal
16		 British Columbia
14 September 1926
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22063(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
38
LAB
 3/3 3,533 19.06% -5,091 Winner:
LC
 8,624 46.51% William G. McQuarrie
Eligible: 34,692 Votes: 72,268 Participation: 66.44% Candidacies: 15
Provincial
18		 British Columbia
1 November 1933
General
Plurality-at-large (3)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 29424(F) — 12 Feb 2023 01:34 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
45
CFF
 4/15 7,693 32.21% -1,700 Winner:
LIB
 9,393 39.32% Robert Wilkinson
Eligible: 33,875 Votes: 41,280 Participation: 60.93% Candidacies: 11
Provincial
19		 British Columbia
1 June 1937
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 29462(F) — 15 Oct 2021 07:03 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
49
BCSC
 8/11 464 2.25% -10,886 Winner:
CFF
 11,350 54.99% Harold E. Winch

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
William Arthur "Bill" Pritchard (1888-1981)		 09 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
William Arthur Pritchard		 09 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  9 Mar 2024 11:46 (but data presented dynamically)

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