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♂ William Charles Attewell
aliasBill Attewell
Record
1817 · 1431

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 2 1 3
Birth 21 January 1932 → 92 years + 3 months ago
Lived 89 years + 11 months
First mandate 4 September 1984 → 39 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 52 years + 7 months
Death 24 December 2021 → 2 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 28 years + 2 months after 24 October 1993
Special notes
None
 
William Charles Attewell (1932–2021)
© Photo 1988 House of Commons (Canada) — Fair trade
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
Canada 9 1 18

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
4 documented challengers
⊕ Jagdish S. Bhaduria  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ David P. Smith  m 
 		 ⊖ John A. Gamble  m 
⊕ Above Znoneofthe  m 
 
Eligible: 68,792 Votes: 54,907 Participation: 79.82% Candidacies: 5
Federal
33		 Ontario
4 September 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3856(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
52
PC
 1/5 29,706 54.36% +11,128 Loser:
LIB
 18,578 34.00% David P. Smith

Service: 4 years 2 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 69,066 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Federal
34		 Ontario
21 November 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3593(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
56
PC
 1/5 36,673 53.10% +14,700 Loser:
LIB
 21,973 31.81% Jagdish S. Bhaduria

Service: 4 years 11 months 3 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 110,696 Votes: 77,763 Participation: 70.25% Candidacies: 8
Federal
35		 Ontario
25 October 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3294(F) — 30 Jun 2023 08:05 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
61
PC
 2/8 19,695 25.51% -16,214 Winner:
LIB
 35,909 46.50% Jagdish S. Bhaduria

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Bill Attewell, M.P.		 27 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Bill Attewell, député		 27 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Bill Attewell		 27 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 27 Apr 2024 17:34 (but data presented dynamically)

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