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♂ William B. Findlater
aliasWilliam B. Findlater
Record
19777 · 14375

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Manitoba 2 0 2
Birth 20 October 1871 → 152 years + 6 months ago
Lived 90 years + 5 months
First mandate 6 August 1915 → 108 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 43 years + 9 months
Death 26 March 1962 → 62 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 39 years + 8 months after 17 July 1922
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 6 11 9 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Samuel Hughes  m 
 
 
Eligible: 2,968 Votes: 2,175 Participation: 73.28% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
15		 Manitoba
6 August 1915
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 37051(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
43
LIB
 1/2 1,383 63.59% +591 Loser:
CONS
 792 36.41% Samuel Hughes

Service: 4 years 10 months 22 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 2,374 Votes: 1,450 Participation: 61.08% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
16		 Manitoba
29 June 1920
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 37154(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
48
LIB
 1/2 735 50.69% +20 Loser:
IND
 715 49.31% Robert J. Dalgleish

Service: 2 years 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 2,569 Votes: 1,850 Participation: 72.01% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
17		 Manitoba
18 July 1922
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PROG  Majority
ID: 37202(F) — 22 Oct 2023 19:29 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
50		 Successor:
PROG
 1,034 55.89% Arthur R. Berry

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Findlater, William Blain		 06 Aug 2023
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Findlater, William Blain		 06 Aug 2023
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
William Blain Findlater (1871-1962)		 06 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
William Findlater (Manitoba politician)		 06 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  6 Aug 2023 15:42 (but data presented dynamically)

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