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♂ William Charles Frank
aliasWilliam Frank
Record
20942 · 1328

United Church   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 25%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 3 4
Birth 24 July 1923 → 100 years + 9 months ago
Lived 99 years + 5 months
First mandate 30 October 1972 → 51 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 49 years + 3 months
Death 18 January 2023 → 1 year + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 48 years + 6 months after 7 July 1974
Special notes
None
 
William Charles Frank (1923–2023)
© Photo 1973 House of Commons (Canada) — 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
Canada 1 8 6

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
4 documented challengers
⊖ Garnet M. Bloomfield  m 
⊕ Raymond J. Funk  m 
 		 ⊖ J. Lawrence Condon  m 
⊖ James G. Lind  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 35,013 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
28		 Ontario
25 June 1968
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 9994(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
44
PC
 2/3 15,284 43.65% -702 Winner:
LIB
 15,986 45.66% James G. Lind
Eligible: 55,968 Votes: 44,502 Participation: 79.51% Candidacies: 3
Federal
29		 Ontario
30 October 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 10249(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
49
PC
 1/3 20,615 46.32% +3,371 Loser:
LIB
 17,244 38.75% Marvin Recker

Service: 1 year 8 months 7 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 58,435 Votes: 44,306 Participation: 75.82% Candidacies: 4
Federal
30		 Ontario
8 July 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10512(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
50
PC
 2/4 17,905 40.54% -2,798 Winner:
LIB
 20,703 46.87% J. Lawrence Condon
Eligible: 51,544 Votes: 36,591 Participation: 70.99% Candidacies: 5
Federal
32		 Ontario
18 February 1980
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4172(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to Parliament
Age
56
PC
 2/5 11,897 32.64% -3,785 Winner:
LIB
 15,682 43.02% Garnet M. Bloomfield

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
William Charles Frank		 14 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
William Charles Frank		 14 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
William Frank (politician)		 14 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 14 Apr 2024 21:56 (but data presented dynamically)

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