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♂ William F. Luxton
aliasWilliam F. Luxton
Record
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☆   Anglican   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Manitoba 2 1 3
Birth 12 December 1844 → 179 years + 4 months ago
Lived 62 years + 5 months
First mandate 30 December 1874 → 149 years + 3 months ago
↳ at age 30 years
Death 20 May 1907 → 116 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death 18 years + 10 months after 10 July 1888
Special notes
None
 
William F. Luxton (1844–1907)
© Photo c.1891–96 — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
Luxton served two non-consecutive terms in the Manitoba legislature. When first elected in 1874, his political goals were prohibition, a purely secular school system, the abolition of French as an official language, and the demise of the Canadian Pacific Railway. In 1890, he defended himself successfully from both civil and criminal libel charges brought against him by the province’s attorney general, "Fighting Joe" Martin.
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Manitoba 5 6 18 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 5  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Charles E. Hamilton  m 
 		 ⊖ William B. Scarth  m 
 
Eligible: 324 Votes: 114 Participation: 35.19% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
2		 Manitoba
30 December 1874
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28284(F) — 6 Feb 2023 09:23 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
30
IND
 1/2 90 78.95% +66 Loser:
IND
 24 21.05% A.W. McClure
After his election:
31 Dec 1874 30
IND
 →
OPPO
 Changed allegiance ()
Service: 3 years 11 months 17 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 287 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
3		 Manitoba
18 December 1878
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Majority
ID: 28310(F) — 5 Feb 2023 23:37 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
34		 Successor:
IND
 183 63.76% Thomas Lusted
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,135 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
5		 Manitoba
24 February 1885
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 28407(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
40
LIB
 2/2 529 46.61% -77 Winner:
CONS
 606 53.39% Charles E. Hamilton
Eligible: 4,512 Votes: 1,985 Participation: 43.99% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
6		 Manitoba
9 December 1886
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 36497(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
41
LIB
 1/2 1,012 50.98% +39 Loser:
CONS
 973 49.02% William B. Scarth

Service: 1 year 7 months 1 day (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,143 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
7		 Manitoba
11 July 1888
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 36546(F) — 17 Mar 2022 07:30 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
43		 Successor:
LIB
 693 60.63% Isaac Campbell

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Luxton, William Fisher		 02 Feb 2024
FR Dictionnaire biographique du Canada
Luxton, William Fisher		 02 Feb 2024
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Luxton, William Fisher		 02 Feb 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Luxton, William Fisher		 02 Feb 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
William Fisher Luxton (1844-1907)		 02 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
William Luxton		 02 Feb 2024

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