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♂ William Saul
aliasWilliam Saul
Record
55092 · 13198

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
British Columbia 2 4 6
Birth c. 1836 → 188 years ago
Lived ± 80 years
First mandate 21 December 1872 → 151 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age ± 36 years
Death 26 April 1916 → 108 years ago
Exit → Death 33 years + 9 months after 22 July 1882
Special notes
Date of birth and death is an educated guess.
 

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 5 11 5 Z

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 7  
6 documented challengers
⊖ Edward (Ned) Allen  m 
⊖ Alexander E.B. Davie  m 
⊖ Andrew T. Jamieson  m 
 		 ⊖ William M. Brown  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Thomas B. Humphreys  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ William Morrison  m  (3 runoffs)
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 102 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
1		 British Columbia
6 November 1871
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  GOV  Majority
ID: 28603(F) — 23 Jul 2023 17:43 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
±35
IND
 3/3 21 41.18% -15 Winner:
IND
 36 70.59% Andrew T. Jamieson
Eligible: inc. Votes: 33 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
1		 British Columbia
21 December 1872
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Majority
ID: 28614(F) — 23 Jul 2023 17:43 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±36
GOV
 1/3 30 90.91% +28 Loser:
IND
 2 6.06% William Chadwick
After his election:
26 Sep 1874 ±38
GOV
 →
Vac.
 Amidst controversy
Service: 1 year 9 months 5 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 155 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
1		 British Columbia
17 November 1874
By-Election
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  GOV  Majority
ID: 28619(F) — 23 Jul 2023 17:43 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
±38
GOV
 3/3 48 61.54% -3 Winner:
GOV
 51 65.38% William M. Brown
Eligible: 128 Votes: 201 Participation: 78.52% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
2		 British Columbia
25 October 1875
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28625(F) — 23 Jul 2023 17:43 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
±39
GOV
 3/5 46 45.54% -2 Winner:
REF
 48 47.52% William Morrison
Eligible: 185 Votes: 241 Participation: 65.14% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
3		 British Columbia
22 May 1878
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28645(F) — 23 Jul 2023 17:44 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
±42
OPPO
 2/4 77 63.64% +30 Loser:
GOV
 47 38.84% William Morrison
After his election:
22 May 1878 ±42
OPPO
 →
GOV
 Changed allegiance (joined government)
Service: 4 years 2 months (Oppo. & Gov't)
Eligible: 190 Votes: 237 Participation: 62.37% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
4		 British Columbia
23 July 1882
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28662(F) — 23 Jul 2023 18:48 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
±46		 Successor:
OPPO
 55 46.22% Edward (Ned) Allen
Eligible: 200 Votes: 309 Participation: 77.25% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
5		 British Columbia
7 July 1886
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  GOV  Majority
ID: 28684(F) — 23 Jul 2023 17:43 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
±50
OPPO
 4/5 49 31.61% -16 Winner:
GOV
 65 41.94% Edward (Ned) Allen

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Elections BC and the Legislative Library, An Electoral History of British Columbia, 1871-1986
(pp. 11-12, 15, 17, 21, 29, 45, 398)		 27 Sep 2023
EN Find a Grave
William Saul		 27 Sep 2023

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