Canada's electoral history from 1867 to today
Base → People → Search & Find → Full profile → William H. Murray

♂ William H. Murray
aliasWilliam H. Murray
Record
45521 · 13584

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 71%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
British Columbia 5 2 7
Birth 2 September 1916 → 107 years + 7 months ago
Lived 74 years + 10 months
First mandate 19 September 1956 → 67 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 40 years
Death 7 July 1991 → 32 years + 9 months ago
Exit → Death 18 years + 10 months after 29 August 1972
Special notes
None
 
William H. Murray (1916–1991) 200x207
© Photo Legislative Assembly, British Columbia — Fair trade
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 15 11 5 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. BC 27–29
SC
 1 Speaker 47–55 23 Jan 1964 — 24 Jul 1972 8 6 1

Electoral history

Races 7  
Path points 7  
5 documented challengers
⊖ Arthur B. Brown  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ George E. Hills  m  (2 runoffs)
⊕ James D. Manly  m 
 		 ⊖ Odd I. Eidsvik  m 
⊖ Graham R. Lea  m 
 
Eligible: 8,303 Votes: 5,968 Participation: 71.88% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
24		 British Columbia
10 June 1953
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 29804(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
36
SC
 3/3 1,731 30.53% -133 Winner:
LIB
 1,864 32.88% Arthur B. Brown
Eligible: 9,445 Votes: 5,157 Participation: 54.60% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
25		 British Columbia
19 September 1956
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 29855(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
40
SC
 1/3 2,151 42.39% +487 Loser:
LIB
 1,664 32.79% Arthur B. Brown

Service: 3 years 11 months 23 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 8,799 Votes: 5,926 Participation: 67.35% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
26		 British Columbia
12 September 1960
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 29902(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
44
SC
 1/4 2,367 40.87% +228 Loser:
CFF
 2,139 36.93% Angus Macphee

Service: 3 years 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 9,074 Votes: 5,662 Participation: 62.40% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
27		 British Columbia
30 September 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 29947(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
SC
 1/3 2,357 42.07% +439 Loser:
NDP
 1,918 34.23% William Toderas

Service: 2 years 11 months 12 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 8,343 Votes: 5,038 Participation: 60.39% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
28		 British Columbia
12 September 1966
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 29989(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
SC
 1/3 2,647 52.90% +834 Loser:
NDP
 1,813 36.23% John E. Lennox

Service: 2 years 11 months 14 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 11,339 Votes: 7,613 Participation: 67.14% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
29		 British Columbia
27 August 1969
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 30046(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
SC
 1/4 3,114 41.42% +261 Loser:
NDP
 2,853 37.94% James D. Manly

Service: 3 years 2 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 12,240 Votes: 7,673 Participation: 62.69% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
30		 British Columbia
30 August 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 30094(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
55
SC
 2/4 2,715 35.87% -437 Winner:
NDP
 3,152 41.64% Graham R. Lea

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
William Harvey Murray		 01 Jan 2024

© 2019, 2024 :: PoliCan.ca (Maurice Y. Michaud)
Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  1 Jan 2024 20:26 (but data presented dynamically)

© 2019-2024 :: PoliCan.ca
Given that electoral results are by their very nature public information, such data that can be found in PoliCan are considered to be in the public domain. However, unless indicated otherwise, all other elements — the concept of consolidating these data into a single format, the detailed research on each election, legislature and candidate, the organization and searchability of the data, the programming allowing the entry and maintenance of the data, as well as the analyses and explanatory articles found in this website — are the intellectual property of Maurice Y. Michaud.