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♂ William T. Kergin
aliasWilliam T. Kergin
Record
31509 · 13786

Irish-Canadian   ∞1
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
British Columbia 1 1 2
Birth 17 May 1876 → 147 years + 11 months ago
Lived 85 years + 2 months
First mandate 16 February 1907 → 117 years + 2 months ago
↳ at age 30 years + 8 months
Death 21 July 1961 → 62 years + 9 months ago
Exit → Death 51 years + 7 months after 24 November 1909
Special notes
None
 

Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Herbert F. Kergin (1885–1954) Brother  
 

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 2  
Path points 2  
1 documented challenger
⊖ William Manson  m 
 
 
Eligible: 682 Votes: 306 Participation: 44.87% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
11		 British Columbia
16 February 1907
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 28907(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
30
LIB
 1/2 188 61.44% +70 Loser:
LC
 118 38.56% William R. Lord

Service: 2 years 9 months 8 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 2,336 Votes: 1,362 Participation: 58.30% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
12		 British Columbia
30 November 1909
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 28946(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
33
LIB
 2/3 377 27.68% -445 Winner:
LC
 822 60.35% William Manson

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
William Thomas Kergin		 19 Aug 2023
FR Wikipédia
William Thomas Kergin		 19 Aug 2023

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