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♂ William M. Docker
aliasWilliam M. Docker
Record
16328 · 13319

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 2 1 3
Birth 31 January 1891 → 133 years + 3 months ago
Lived ± 79 years
First mandate 4 August 1943 → 80 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 52 years + 6 months
Death c. June 1970 → 53 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death ± 21 years + 11 months after 6 June 1948
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
Ontario 4 10 1 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Peter Heenan  m 
⊖ Albert Wren  m 
 		 ⊖ James G. White  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 13,708 Votes: 9,535 Participation: 69.56% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
21		 Ontario
4 August 1943
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 34859(F) — 23 Dec 2022 13:09 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
52
CCF
 1/3 4,891 51.77% +1,861 Loser:
LIB
 3,030 32.07% Peter Heenan

Service: 1 year 9 months 30 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 14,172 Votes: 10,298 Participation: 72.66% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
22		 Ontario
4 June 1945
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 34950(F) — 23 Dec 2022 18:49 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
54
CCF
 1/4 3,461 33.92% +190 Loser:
PC
 3,271 32.06% James G. White

Service: 3 years 2 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 17,355 Votes: 11,142 Participation: 64.20% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
23		 Ontario
7 June 1948
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 35041(F) — 8 Oct 2022 18:36 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
57
CCF
 3/3 3,051 27.60% -1,241 Winner:
PC
 4,292 38.82% James G. White

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
MPP William Manson Docker		 05 Aug 2023
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
William Manson Docker		 05 Aug 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
William Manson Docker		 05 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
William Manson Docker		 05 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  5 Aug 2023 20:21 (but data presented dynamically)

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