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♂ William James Hartley
aliasBill Hartley
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
British Columbia 2 2 4
Birth 12 June 1945
Age 78 years + 10 months
First mandate 17 October 1991 → 32 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 46 years + 4 months
 
Mandate ended 22 years + 11 months ago (15 May 2001)
Special notes
None
 
William James Hartley (1945– )
© Photo Legislative Assembly, British Columbia — Fair trade
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
British Columbia 9 6 27 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. BC 36
NDP
 1 Speaker 54–55 15 Mar 2000 — 15 May 2001 1 2 0

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
3 documented challengers
⊖ J.A. Norman Jacobsen  m 
⊕ Ken Stewart  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ F.C. Austin Pelton  m 
 
Eligible: 41,202 Votes: 64,113 Participation: 77.80% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
34		 British Columbia
22 October 1986
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 35849(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
41
NDP
 4/5 14,923 47.11% -405 Winner:
SC
 15,328 48.39% J.A. Norman Jacobsen
Eligible: 33,760 Votes: 26,003 Participation: 77.02% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
35		 British Columbia
17 October 1991
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 7880(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
46
NDP
 1/4 11,591 45.16% +2,805 Loser:
LIB
 8,786 34.23% Steve Gilmore

Service: 4 years 7 months 10 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 38,522 Votes: 28,236 Participation: 73.30% Candidacies: 7
Provincial
36		 British Columbia
28 May 1996
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 7955(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
NDP
 1/7 12,946 46.07% +1,986 Loser:
LIB
 10,960 39.00% Ken Stewart

Service: 4 years 11 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 31,793 Votes: 23,178 Participation: 72.90% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
37		 British Columbia
16 May 2001
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 8085(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:23 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
55
NDP
 2/6 5,764 24.95% -6,471 Winner:
LIB
 12,235 52.96% Ken Stewart

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
William James Hartley		 16 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
William James Hartley		 16 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 16 Apr 2024 19:20 (but data presented dynamically)

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