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♂ William Ferguson
aliasWilliam Ferguson
Record
19592 · 14287

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 43%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Manitoba 3 4 7
Birth 8 March 1862 → 162 years + 1 month ago
Lived 74 years + 7 months
First mandate 7 December 1899 → 124 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 37 years + 8 months
Death 29 October 1936 → 87 years + 5 months ago
Exit → Death 22 years + 3 months after 9 July 1914
Special notes
None
 

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 10 11 11 Z

Electoral history

Races 7  
Path points 7  
4 documented challengers
⊖ David Jackson  m 
⊖ John H. McConnell  m  (3 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Malcolm B. Jackson  m 
⊖ David McNaught  m 
 
Eligible: 1,063 Votes: 791 Participation: 74.41% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
9		 Manitoba
15 January 1896
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 36632(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
33
CONS
 2/3 315 39.82% -54 Winner:
LIB
 369 46.65% David McNaught
Eligible: 1,302 Votes: 1,083 Participation: 83.18% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
10		 Manitoba
7 December 1899
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 36719(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
37
CONS
 1/2 549 50.69% +15 Loser:
LIB
 534 49.31% John H. McConnell

Service: 3 years 7 months 12 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 1,643 Votes: 1,502 Participation: 91.42% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
11		 Manitoba
20 July 1903
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 36882(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
41
CONS
 2/2 740 49.27% -22 Winner:
LIB
 762 50.73% David Jackson
Eligible: 1,798 Votes: 1,373 Participation: 76.36% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
12		 Manitoba
7 March 1907
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 36906(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
44
CONS
 1/2 737 53.68% +101 Loser:
LIB
 636 46.32% Malcolm B. Jackson

Service: 3 years 4 months 3 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 1,923 Votes: 1,599 Participation: 83.15% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
13		 Manitoba
11 July 1910
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 36955(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
48
CONS
 1/2 848 53.03% +97 Loser:
LIB
 751 46.97% E. Henry

Service: 3 years 11 months 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 2,106 Votes: 1,870 Participation: 88.79% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
14		 Manitoba
10 July 1914
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 37003(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
52
CONS
 2/2 736 39.36% -398 Winner:
LIB
 1,134 60.64% John H. McConnell
Eligible: 3,032 Votes: 1,871 Participation: 61.71% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
16		 Manitoba
29 June 1920
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 37158(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
58
CONS
 2/2 762 40.73% -347 Winner:
LIB
 1,109 59.27% John H. McConnell

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Ferguson, William		 06 Aug 2023
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Ferguson, William		 06 Aug 2023
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
William Ferguson (1862-1936)		 06 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
William Ferguson (Manitoba politician)		 06 Aug 2023

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