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♂ William Scraba
aliasWilliam Scraba
Record
55788 · 14728

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Manitoba 1 1 2
Birth 4 March 1907 → 117 years + 1 month ago
Lived 64 years + 1 month
First mandate 15 October 1945 → 78 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 38 years + 7 months
Death 18 April 1971 → 53 years ago
Exit → Death 21 years + 5 months after 9 November 1949
Special notes
None
 
William Scraba (1907–1971)
© Photo Legislative Assembly, Manitoba via the Manitoba Historical Society — Public domain
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 4 0 25 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
16 documented challengers
⊖ Paul Bardal  m 
⊖ Seymour J. Farmer  m 
⊖ John M. Hawryluk  m 
⊖ John M. Kozoriz  m 
⊖ John S. McDiarmid  m 
⊖ Charles R. Smith  m 
⊖ Lloyd C. Stinson  m 
⊖ Gunnar S. Thorvaldson  m 
 		 ⊖ Frank L. Chester  m 
⊖ Morris A. Gray  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ William A. Kardash  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Morley S. Lougheed  m 
⊖ Abraham L. (Abe) Simkin  m 
⊖ Lewis St. George Stubbs  m 
⊖ Donovan Swailes  m 
⊖ Joseph Zuken  m 
 
Eligible: 155,824 Votes: 79,433 Participation: 50.98% Candidacies: 20
Provincial
22		 Manitoba
15 October 1945
General
Single trans. vote (10)
Gov't  COAL  Majority
ID: 37528(F) — 4 Feb 2023 13:19 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
38
LIBP
 10/20 3,616 4.55% +604 Loser:
PC
 3,012 3.79% Mark J. Long

Service: 4 years 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 46,649 Votes: 24,909 Participation: 53.40% Candidacies: 12
Provincial
23		 Manitoba
10 November 1949
General
Single trans. vote (4)
Gov't  COAL  Majority
ID: 37533(F) — 9 Oct 2023 19:50 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
42
ILIP
 6/12 1,673 6.81% -265 Winner:
CCF
 1,938 7.88% John M. Hawryluk

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Scraba, William		 17 Feb 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Scraba, William		 17 Feb 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
William Scraba (1907-1971)		 17 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
William Scraba		 17 Feb 2024

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