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♂ William J. Winram
aliasWilliam J. Winram
Record
65776 · 13998

Anglican   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Manitoba 4 0 4
Birth 8 January 1838 → 186 years + 3 months ago
Lived 53 years + 1 month
First mandate 16 December 1879 → 144 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 41 years + 11 months
Death 12 February 1891 → 133 years + 2 months ago
Died in office Yes
Special notes
None
 
William J. Winram (1838–1891)
© Photo Archives of Manitoba via the Manitoba Historical Society — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Manitoba 11 1 24 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. MB 7
LIB
 1 Speaker 50–53 11 Jul 1888 — 12 Feb 1891 2 7 1

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Ferris Bolton  m 
 
 
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
4		 Manitoba
16 December 1879
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 28341(F) — 5 Feb 2023 19:18 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
41
NAT
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 3 years 1 month 6 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 267 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
5		 Manitoba
23 January 1883
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 28374(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
LIB
 1/2 155 58.05% +43 Loser:
CONS
 112 41.95% John Stewart

Service: 3 years 10 months 15 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 1,718 Votes: 629 Participation: 36.61% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
6		 Manitoba
9 December 1886
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 36477(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
48
LIB
 1/2 368 58.51% +107 Loser:
CONS
 261 41.49% Ferris Bolton

Service: 1 year 7 months 1 day (Oppo.)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
7		 Manitoba
11 July 1888
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 36550(F) — 17 Mar 2022 07:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation
After his election:
12 Feb 1891 53
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Died in office
Service: 2 years 7 months 1 day (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 589 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
7		 Manitoba
13 January 1892
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 36557(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
—
 Deceased
Age
53		 Successor:
CONS
 307 52.12% James Huston

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Winram, William		 10 Feb 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Winram, William		 10 Feb 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
William James Winram (1838-1891)		 10 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
William Winram		 10 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 10 Feb 2024 15:28 (but data presented dynamically)

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