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♂ William E. Reid
aliasWilliam E. Reid
Record
52068 · 13509

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
British Columbia 2 1 3
Birth 13 August 1934 → 89 years + 8 months ago
Lived 78 years + 9 months
First mandate 5 May 1983 → 40 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 48 years + 8 months
Death 28 May 2013 → 10 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death 21 years + 7 months after 16 October 1991
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
British Columbia 8 5 10 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Ernest Hall  m  (2 runoffs)
⊕ William N. Vander Zalm  m 
 		 ⊕ Rita M. Johnston  f 
 
Eligible: 35,934 Votes: 24,351 Participation: 67.77% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
30		 British Columbia
30 August 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 30103(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
38
PC
 4/5 1,415 5.91% -11,159 Winner:
NDP
 12,574 52.49% Ernest Hall
Eligible: 103,152 Votes: 151,212 Participation: 73.30% Candidacies: 10
Provincial
33		 British Columbia
5 May 1983
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 35824(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
48
SC
 2/10 37,370 49.76% +3,288 Loser:
NDP
 34,082 45.38% Ernest Hall

Service: 3 years 5 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 42,160 Votes: 33,795 Participation: 80.16% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
34		 British Columbia
22 October 1986
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 35887(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
SC
 1/4 19,200 57.45% +8,913 Loser:
NDP
 10,287 30.78% Michael J. Villeneuve

Service: 4 years 11 months 24 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 30,462 Votes: 23,971 Participation: 78.69% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
35		 British Columbia
17 October 1991
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 7913(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
57		 Successor:
LIB
 9,012 38.28% Ken J.E. Jones

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
William Earl Reid		 27 Sep 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 27 Sep 2023 21:19 (but data presented dynamically)

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