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♂ W. Austin Forsyth
aliasW. Austin Forsyth
Record
20513 · 3447

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Saskatchewan 1 1 2
Birth c. 1917 → 107 years ago
Lived ± 84 years
First mandate 11 October 1967 → 56 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age ± 50 years
Death 19 June 2001 → 22 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 29 years + 11 months after 22 June 1971
Special notes
None
 

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
Saskatchewan 3 8 10 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
1 documented challenger
⊕ Herman H. Rolfes  m 
 
 
Eligible: 12,392 Votes: 9,905 Participation: 79.93% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
16		 Saskatchewan
11 October 1967
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 13354(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±50
LIB
 1/3 5,193 52.43% +1,748 Loser:
NCCF
 3,445 34.78% Adele Smillie

Service: 3 years 8 months 11 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 11,972 Votes: 10,049 Participation: 83.94% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
17		 Saskatchewan
23 June 1971
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NPD  Majority
ID: 13298(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
±54
LIB
 2/2 4,789 47.66% -471 Winner:
NPD
 5,260 52.34% Herman H. Rolfes

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
William Austin Forsyth		 12 Sep 2023
EN Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, SELD: Members of the Legislative Assembly
Forsyth, William Austin 1917 – 2001 (p. 12)		 12 Sep 2023

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