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♂ William W.W. Wilson
aliasWilliam W.W. Wilson
Record
65720 · 14417

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Manitoba 4 2 6
Birth 6 October 1885 → 138 years + 6 months ago
Lived 78 years + 3 months
First mandate 6 August 1915 → 108 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 29 years + 10 months
Death 27 January 1964 → 60 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 14 years + 2 months after 9 November 1949
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 15 5 27 Z

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 7  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Isaac B. Griffiths  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Albert G. Lanigan  m 
 
Eligible: 2,234 Votes: 1,647 Participation: 73.72% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
15		 Manitoba
6 August 1915
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 37072(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
29
LIB
 1/2 1,033 62.72% +419 Loser:
CONS
 614 37.28% James P. Laycock

Service: 4 years 10 months 22 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,884 Votes: 2,509 Participation: 64.60% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
16		 Manitoba
29 June 1920
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 37175(F) — 12 Sep 2022 18:55 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
34
LIB
 1/3 1,274 50.78% +632 Loser:
FARM
 642 25.59% R.J. Brown

Service: 2 years 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,018 Votes: 2,701 Participation: 67.22% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
17		 Manitoba
18 July 1922
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PROG  Majority
ID: 37223(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
36
LIB
 2/3 783 28.99% -394 Winner:
PROG
 1,177 43.58% Isaac B. Griffiths
Eligible: 5,042 Votes: 3,320 Participation: 65.85% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
18		 Manitoba
28 June 1927
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  PROG  Majority
ID: 37321(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
41
LIB
 3/4 903 27.20% -324 Winner:
PROG
 1,227 36.96% Isaac B. Griffiths
Eligible: 6,369 Votes: 3,820 Participation: 59.98% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
21		 Manitoba
22 April 1941
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  COAL  Majority
ID: 37467(F) — 17 Sep 2022 17:48 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
55
LIBP
 1/2 1,909 50.18% +14 Loser:
CCF
 1,895 49.82% H.J. Peddie

Service: 4 years 5 months 22 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,991 Votes: 4,079 Participation: 68.09% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
22		 Manitoba
15 October 1945
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  COAL  Majority
ID: 37518(F) — 17 Sep 2022 15:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
60
LIBP
 1/2 2,250 56.00% +482 Loser:
CCF
 1,768 44.00% Michael J. Tokar

Service: 4 years 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,227 Votes: 3,582 Participation: 68.53% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
23		 Manitoba
10 November 1949
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  COAL  Majority
ID: 37566(F) — 17 Sep 2022 15:09 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
64		 Successor:
IND
 2,207 62.12% Rodney S. Clement

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Wilson, William Wilber Wilfred		 30 Jul 2023
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Wilson, William Wilber Wilfred		 30 Jul 2023
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
William Wilber Wilfred Wilson (1885-1964)		 30 Jul 2023
EN Wikipedia
William Wilber Wilfred Wilson		 30 Jul 2023

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