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♂ Wallace Bickford Nesbitt
aliasWallace Bickford Nesbitt
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 8 0 8
Birth 7 August 1918 → 105 years + 8 months ago
Lived 55 years + 4 months
First mandate 10 August 1953 → 70 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 35 years
Death 21 December 1973 → 50 years + 4 months ago
Died in office Yes
Special notes
None
 
Wallace Bickford Nesbitt (1918–1973)
© Photo — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Edward W. Nesbitt (1859–1942) Grand-uncle  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 20 4 4

Electoral history

Races 8  
Path points 9  
2 documented challengers
⊖ A. Clark Murray  m 
 		 ⊖ Charles M. Tatham  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 35,547 Votes: 25,611 Participation: 72.05% Candidacies: 2
Federal
22		 Ontario
10 August 1953
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23804(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
35
PC
 1/2 12,693 50.08% +39 Loser:
LIB
 12,654 49.92% A. Clark Murray

Service: 3 years 9 months 30 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 36,754 Votes: 30,039 Participation: 81.73% Candidacies: 3
Federal
23		 Ontario
10 June 1957
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24086(F) — 7 Sep 2022 20:08 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
38
PC
 1/3 20,404 68.88% +12,129 Loser:
LIB
 8,275 27.93% Bruce McCall

Service: 9 months 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 36,754 Votes: 29,384 Participation: 79.95% Candidacies: 2
Federal
24		 Ontario
31 March 1958
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 24352(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
39
PC
 1/2 22,079 75.14% +14,774 Loser:
LIB
 7,305 24.86% Hector A. Clark

Service: 4 years 2 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 31,736 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
25		 Ontario
18 June 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24629(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
PC
 1/4 18,352 57.83% +7,621 Loser:
LIB
 10,731 33.81% Robert A. MacDougall

Service: 9 months 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 32,116 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
26		 Ontario
8 April 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 24893(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
44
PC
 1/4 19,402 60.41% +9,043 Loser:
LIB
 10,359 32.25% William Young

Service: 2 years 6 months 30 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 39,687 Votes: 32,015 Participation: 80.67% Candidacies: 3
Federal
27		 Ontario
8 November 1965
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 25162(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
PC
 1/3 17,657 55.65% +7,455 Loser:
LIB
 10,202 32.15% Leslie M. Ball

Service: 2 years 7 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 34,536 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
28		 Ontario
25 June 1968
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10006(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
49
PC
 1/3 18,504 53.58% +5,807 Loser:
LIB
 12,697 36.76% Charles M. Tatham

Service: 4 years 4 months 4 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 49,439 Votes: 40,681 Participation: 82.29% Candidacies: 3
Federal
29		 Ontario
30 October 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 10261(F) — 29 Jan 2022 16:07 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
54
PC
 1/3 25,438 62.53% +12,898 Loser:
LIB
 12,540 30.83% Charles M. Tatham
After his election:
21 Dec 1973 55
PC
 →
Vac.
 Died in office
Service: 1 year 1 month 21 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 51,752 Votes: 40,937 Participation: 79.10% Candidacies: 3
Federal
30		 Ontario
8 July 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10524(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
—
 Deceased
Age
55		 Successor:
PC
 18,934 46.36% Bruce Halliday

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Wallace Bickford (Wally) Nesbitt, Q.C., M.P.		 29 Mar 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Wallace Bickford (Wally) Nesbitt, c.r., député		 29 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Wally Nesbitt		 29 Mar 2024

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