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♂ William D. Willson
aliasWilliam D. Willson
Record
65509 · 13767

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
British Columbia 1 1 2
Birth 27 April 1865 → 159 years ago
Lived 66 years + 10 months
First mandate 14 September 1916 → 107 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 51 years + 4 months
Death 4 March 1932 → 92 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 11 years + 3 months after 30 November 1920
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 4 2 16 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Lorne A. Campbell  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Wallis W. LeFeaux  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 702 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
13		 British Columbia
26 February 1916
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 28990(F) — 31 Jul 2023 16:41 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
50
LIB
 2/3 322 45.87% -9 Winner:
LC
 331 47.15% Lorne A. Campbell
Eligible: 1,074 Votes: 760 Participation: 70.76% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
14		 British Columbia
14 September 1916
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 29017(F) — 31 Jul 2023 16:41 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
51
LIB
 1/2 424 55.79% +88 Loser:
LC
 336 44.21% Lorne A. Campbell

Service: 4 years 2 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 745 Votes: 676 Participation: 90.74% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
15		 British Columbia
1 December 1920
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 29231(F) — 19 Sep 2022 23:01 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
55		 Successor:
LC
 257 38.02% William K. Esling

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
William David Willson		 30 Jul 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 30 Jul 2023 15:19 (but data presented dynamically)

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