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♂ William Blakeman Scarth
aliasWilliam Blakeman Scarth
Record
55338 · 13909

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Type of record
Elected candidate
Known but unelected candidate ✓
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
Manitoba 2 0 2
Total 2 1 3
Birth 24 May 1895 → 128 years + 11 months ago
Lived 87 years + 9 months
First run 26 March 1940 → 84 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age 44 years + 10 months
Death 9 March 1983 → 41 years + 1 month ago
 
Special notes
None
 
William Blakeman Scarth (1895–1983)
© Photo Legislative Library, Manitoba via the Manitoba Historical Society — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Joseph T. Thorson (1889–1978) Brother-in-law
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Manitoba 4 5 26 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
4 documented challengers
⊖ Thomas A. Crerar  m 
⊖ W. John McKeag  m 
 		 ⊖ Magnus Eliason  m 
⊖ Keith N. Routley  m 
 
Eligible: 18,362 Votes: 13,239 Participation: 72.10% Candidacies: 2
Federal
19		 Manitoba
26 March 1940
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22895(F) — 25 Jan 2022 23:14 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
44
NATG
 2/2 4,963 37.49% -3,313 Winner:
LIB
 8,276 62.51% Thomas A. Crerar
Eligible: 11,782 Votes: 7,678 Participation: 65.17% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
25		 Manitoba
16 June 1958
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 37668(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
63
PC
 1/3 3,945 51.69% +1,061 Loser:
LIBP
 2,884 37.79% W. John McKeag

Service: 10 months 27 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 12,351 Votes: 8,502 Participation: 68.84% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
26		 Manitoba
14 May 1959
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 37725(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
63
PC
 1/3 4,936 58.25% +1,876 Loser:
LIBP
 3,060 36.11% Keith N. Routley

Service: 3 years 6 months 29 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 13,233 Votes: 9,041 Participation: 68.32% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
27		 Manitoba
14 December 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 37787(F) — 20 Mar 2022 22:03 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
67		 Successor:
PC
 5,044 56.14% Maitland B.S. Steinkopf

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Scarth, William Blakeman, Q.C.		 02 Apr 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Scarth, William Blakeman, c.r.		 02 Apr 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
William Blakeman Scarth (1895-1983)		 02 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
W.B. Scarth		 02 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  2 Apr 2024 20:54 (but data presented dynamically)

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