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♂ William W. Foster
aliasWilliam W. Foster
Record
20707 · 13769

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 25%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
British Columbia 1 3 4
Birth 1 October 1875 → 148 years + 6 months ago
Lived 79 years + 2 months
First mandate 6 December 1913 → 110 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 38 years + 2 months
Death 2 December 1954 → 69 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 38 years + 2 months after 13 September 1916
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 2 9 7 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Malcolm B. Jackson  m 
⊖ George A. Walkem  m 
 		 ⊖ Alexander McDonald  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 756 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
13		 British Columbia
6 December 1913
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 28989(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
38
LC
 1/3 467 61.77% +202 Loser:
LIB
 265 35.05% Alexander Hamilton

Service: 2 years 9 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 968 Votes: 712 Participation: 73.55% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
14		 British Columbia
14 September 1916
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 29022(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
40
LC
 2/2 354 49.72% -4 Winner:
LIB
 358 50.28% Malcolm B. Jackson
Eligible: 8,398 Votes: 6,059 Participation: 72.15% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
16		 British Columbia
20 June 1924
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 29275(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
48
LC
 2/3 2,063 34.05% -78 Winner:
PROV
 2,141 35.34% George A. Walkem
Eligible: 2,403 Votes: 2,065 Participation: 85.93% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
18		 British Columbia
1 November 1933
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 29404(F) — 12 Feb 2023 01:14 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
58
ICON
 2/5 669 32.57% -57 Winner:
LIB
 726 35.35% Alexander McDonald

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
William Wasbrough Foster		 06 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  6 Aug 2023 21:38 (but data presented dynamically)

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