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♂ William Adams
aliasWilliam Adams
Record
192 · 13190

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
British Columbia 2 1 3
Birth 12 March 1851 → 173 years + 1 month ago
Lived 85 years + 3 months
First mandate 4 October 1893 → 130 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 42 years + 6 months
Death 1 July 1936 → 87 years + 9 months ago
Exit → Death 37 years + 11 months after 8 July 1898
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
British Columbia 4 9 2 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
6 documented challengers
⊖ Harry Jones  m 
⊖ Robert McLeese  m 
⊖ Samuel A. Rogers  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ John C. Kinchant  m 
⊖ James Murphy  m 
⊖ Hugh Watt  m 
 
Eligible: 374 Votes: 319 Participation: 85.29% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
6		 British Columbia
4 October 1893
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28726(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
42
GOV
 1/3 122 38.24% +23 Loser:
GOV
 99 31.03% William A. Johnston

Service: 9 months 2 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 456 Votes: 689 Participation: 75.55% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
7		 British Columbia
7 July 1894
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  GOV  Majority
ID: 28728(F) — 9 Jan 2024 21:49 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
GOV
 2/5 147 42.61% +5 Loser:
OPPO
 142 41.16% Robert McLeese

Service: 4 years 1 day (Gov't)
Eligible: 712 Votes: 758 Participation: 53.23% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
8		 British Columbia
9 July 1898
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28759(F) — 1 Jan 2024 23:26 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
47		 Successor:
OPPO
 195 51.45% John C. Kinchant
Eligible: 1,000 Votes: 1,730 Participation: 86.50% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
10		 British Columbia
5 September 1903
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 28842(F) — 21 Oct 2023 17:56 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
52
LC
 3/4 411 47.51% -28 Winner:
LIB
 439 50.75% Harry Jones

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
William Adams (British Columbia politician)		 25 Jul 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 25 Jul 2023 21:59 (but data presented dynamically)

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