Canada's electoral history from 1867 to today
Base → People → Search & Find → Full profile → William J. Tupper

♂ William J. Tupper
aliasWilliam J. Tupper
Record
62204 · 14403

Anglican   ∞3
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 25%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Manitoba 1 3 4
Birth 29 June 1862 → 161 years + 9 months ago
Lived 85 years + 5 months
First mandate 29 June 1920 → 103 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 58 years
Death 16 December 1947 → 76 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 25 years + 4 months after 17 July 1922
Special notes
None
 
William J. Tupper (1862–1947)
© Photo Archives of Manitoba via the Manitoba Historical Society — Public domain
Family ties with other documented individuals
⊖ Charles C.I. Merritt (1908–2000) Grand-nephew  
⊖ Charles H. Tupper (1855–1927) Brother  
⊖ Charles Tupper (1821–1915) Father  
 

Election or appointment outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate ✗
Legis. Council ✗
Governor Manitoba (1934–1940)
Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve ✗
Mun./Co. Council ✗
School Board ✗
Blank/Vide ✗

Length of service in elected office within the scope of PoliCan

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Manitoba 2 0 17 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
47 documented challengers
⊖ George Armstrong  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ George F. Chipman  m 
⊖ Richard W. Craig  m 
⊖ Frederick J. Dixon  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ John K. Downes  m 
⊖ Árni Eggertsson  m 
⊖ Seymour J. Farmer  m 
⊖ Charles H. Forrester  m 
⊖ Thomas G. Hamilton  m 
⊖ William Ivens  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Richard J. Johns  m 
⊖ Frederick W. Law  m 
⊖ James Lightfoot  m 
⊖ Daniel McLean  m 
⊖ William C. Morden  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Charles K. Newcombe  m 
⊖ Matthew Popovitch  m 
⊖ George W. Prout  m 
⊖ John Queen  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Robert B. Russell  m 
⊖ John Stovel  m 
⊖ Frederick G. Tipping  m 
⊖ Leoni S. Warde  m 
⊖ James Winning  m 
 		 ⊖ Duncan Cameron  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ William J. Christie  m 
⊖ Harriet S. Dick  f 
⊖ William J. Donovan  m 
⊖ Bernard B. Dubienski  m 
⊖ William S. Evans  m 
⊖ Edward B. Fisher  m 
⊖ John T. Haig  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Martha J.R. Hample  f 
⊖ Robert Jacob  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Thomas H. Johnson  m 
⊖ George H. Lawrence  m 
⊖ Robert N. Lowery  m 
⊖ William R. Milton  m 
⊖ Thomas J. Murray  m 
⊖ William L. Parrish  m 
⊖ William A. Pritchard  m 
⊖ Arthur W. Puttee  m 
⊖ Edith F. Rogers  f  (2 runoffs)
⊖ James Simpkin  m 
⊖ Arthur Sullivan  m 
⊖ Walter H. Trueman  m 
⊖ Valentine Winkler  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 2,293 Votes: 2,014 Participation: 87.83% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
14		 Manitoba
10 July 1914
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 37011(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
52
CONS
 2/2 941 46.72% -132 Winner:
LIB
 1,073 53.28% Valentine Winkler
Eligible: 2,347 Votes: 1,892 Participation: 80.61% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
15		 Manitoba
6 August 1915
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 37065(F) — 20 Mar 2022 01:42 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
53
CONS
 2/2 712 37.63% -468 Winner:
LIB
 1,180 62.37% Valentine Winkler
Eligible: 62,255 Votes: 47,427 Participation: 76.18% Candidacies: 41
Provincial
16		 Manitoba
29 June 1920
General
Single trans. vote (10)
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 37184(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
58
CONS
 10/41 1,500 3.16% -35 Loser:
SOC
 1,535 3.24% Robert B. Russell

Service: 2 years 18 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 61,662 Votes: 44,328 Participation: 71.89% Candidacies: 43
Provincial
17		 Manitoba
18 July 1922
General
Single trans. vote (10)
Gov't  PROG  Majority
ID: 37233(F) — 24 Sep 2023 10:44 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
60
CONS
 21/43 616 1.39% -563 Winner:
PROG
 1,179 2.66% Richard W. Craig

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Tupper, William J.		 03 Sep 2023
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Tupper, William J.		 03 Sep 2023
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
William Johnston Tupper (1862-1947)		 03 Sep 2023
EN Wikipedia
William Johnston Tupper		 03 Sep 2023
FR Wikipédia
William Johnston Tupper		 03 Sep 2023

© 2019, 2024 :: PoliCan.ca (Maurice Y. Michaud)
Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  3 Mar 2024 16:56 (but data presented dynamically)

© 2019-2024 :: PoliCan.ca
Given that electoral results are by their very nature public information, such data that can be found in PoliCan are considered to be in the public domain. However, unless indicated otherwise, all other elements — the concept of consolidating these data into a single format, the detailed research on each election, legislature and candidate, the organization and searchability of the data, the programming allowing the entry and maintenance of the data, as well as the analyses and explanatory articles found in this website — are the intellectual property of Maurice Y. Michaud.