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♂ William G. Webster
aliasWilliam G. Webster
Record
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Anglican   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 2 1 3
Birth 25 September 1884 → 139 years + 7 months ago
Lived 80 years + 4 months
First mandate 4 August 1943 → 80 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 58 years + 10 months
Death 18 February 1965 → 59 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 16 years + 8 months after 6 June 1948
Special notes
None
 

William G. Webster (1884–1965)
No photo available
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  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Campbell C. Calder  m 
 		 ⊖ Archibald S. Duncan  m 
 
Eligible: 42,007 Votes: 25,608 Participation: 60.96% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
21		 Ontario
4 August 1943
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 34868(F) — 23 Dec 2022 13:13 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
58
PC
 1/3 10,312 40.65% +2,360 Loser:
CCF
 7,952 31.35% Oliver Hodges

Service: 1 year 9 months 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 47,445 Votes: 36,624 Participation: 77.19% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
22		 Ontario
4 June 1945
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 34959(F) — 23 Dec 2022 18:54 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
60
PC
 1/4 16,649 46.03% +5,390 Loser:
LIB
 11,259 31.13% Alexander Ferguson

Service: 3 years 2 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 49,134 Votes: 31,557 Participation: 64.23% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
23		 Ontario
7 June 1948
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 35050(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
63
PC
 2/3 11,703 37.47% -1,027 Winner:
LIB
 12,730 40.75% Campbell C. Calder

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
William Gourlay Webster		 20 Feb 2024
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
William Gourlay Webster		 29 Jul 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
William Gourlay Webster		 29 Jul 2023
EN Wikipedia
William Gourlay Webster		 29 Jul 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
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