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♂ William Griesinger
aliasWilliam Griesinger
Record
24644 · 13370

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 80%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 4 1 5
Birth 20 June 1895 → 128 years + 10 months ago
Lived 82 years + 9 months
First mandate 4 June 1945 → 78 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 49 years + 11 months
Death 16 April 1978 → 46 years ago
Exit → Death 18 years + 10 months after 10 June 1959
Special notes
None
 

William Griesinger (1895–1978)
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 14 0 2 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
4 documented challengers
⊖ Maurice L. Bélanger  m 
⊖ Arthur J. Réaume  m 
 		 ⊖ George Bennett  m 
⊖ William C. Riggs  m 
 
Eligible: 31,453 Votes: 21,095 Participation: 67.07% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
22		 Ontario
4 June 1945
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 35000(F) — 27 Jul 2023 13:07 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
49
PC
 1/3 8,487 40.59% +1,506 Loser:
LLAB
 6,981 33.39% Arthur J. Réaume

Service: 3 years 2 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 29,162 Votes: 20,508 Participation: 70.32% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
23		 Ontario
7 June 1948
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 35091(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
PC
 1/4 10,781 53.46% +5,213 Loser:
CCF
 5,568 27.61% Patrick Lauzon

Service: 3 years 5 months 14 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 34,735 Votes: 22,163 Participation: 63.81% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
24		 Ontario
22 November 1951
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 35184(F) — 24 Dec 2022 10:23 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
56
PC
 1/3 11,666 53.32% +6,501 Loser:
CCF
 5,165 23.60% William C. Riggs

Service: 3 years 6 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 36,252 Votes: 19,032 Participation: 52.50% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
25		 Ontario
9 June 1955
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 35279(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
59
PC
 1/3 10,186 54.42% +5,911 Loser:
LIB
 4,275 22.84% Val Clare

Service: 4 years 1 day (Gov't)
Eligible: 40,178 Votes: 22,222 Participation: 55.31% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
26		 Ontario
11 June 1959
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 35395(F) — 24 Dec 2022 11:43 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
63
PC
 2/3 7,358 33.53% -1,030 Winner:
LIB
 8,388 38.23% Maurice L. Bélanger

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
William Griesinger		 06 Mar 2024
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
William Griesinger		 06 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
William Griesinger		 06 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  6 Mar 2024 06:27 (but data presented dynamically)

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