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♂ William W. Walkem
aliasWilliam W. Walkem
Record
63629 · 13832

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
British Columbia 1 2 3
Birth 25 June 1850 → 173 years + 10 months ago
Lived 69 years + 2 months
First mandate 7 July 1894 → 129 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 44 years
Death 23 September 1919 → 104 years + 7 months ago
Exit → Death 21 years + 2 months after 8 July 1898
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 0 1 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Thomas W. Forster  m 
⊖ Ralph Smith  m 
 		 ⊖ Colin C. McKenzie  m 
 
Eligible: 490 Votes: 471 Participation: 48.06% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
6		 British Columbia
13 June 1890
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28710(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
39
IND
 3/3 154 65.25% -3 Winner:
FARM
 157 66.53% Colin C. McKenzie
Eligible: 294 Votes: 266 Participation: 90.48% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
7		 British Columbia
7 July 1894
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Majority
ID: 28746(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
44
GOV
 1/2 146 54.89% +26 Loser:
LAB
 120 45.11% Tully Boyce

Service: 4 years 1 day (Gov't)
Eligible: 321 Votes: 246 Participation: 76.64% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
8		 British Columbia
9 July 1898
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28771(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
48
GOV
 2/2 53 21.54% -140 Winner:
LAB
 193 78.46% Ralph Smith

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
William Wymond Walkem		 29 Jul 2023
FR Wikipédia
William Wymond Walkem		 29 Jul 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 29 Jul 2023 17:20 (but data presented dynamically)

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