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♂ W. Homer Hamilton
aliasW. Homer Hamilton
Record
25664 · 3749

United Church   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Manitoba 3 1 4
Birth 6 February 1913 → 111 years + 2 months ago
Lived 84 years + 7 months
First mandate 14 May 1959 → 64 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 46 years + 3 months
Death 29 September 1997 → 26 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 28 years + 3 months after 24 June 1969
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 10 1 9 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Walter C. McDonald  m  (2 runoffs)
 
 
Eligible: 6,331 Votes: 4,146 Participation: 65.49% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
25		 Manitoba
16 June 1958
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 37644(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
45
PC
 2/3 1,749 42.49% -73 Winner:
LIBP
 1,822 44.27% Walter C. McDonald
Eligible: 6,337 Votes: 4,199 Participation: 66.26% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
26		 Manitoba
14 May 1959
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 37701(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
46
PC
 1/3 2,077 49.84% +154 Loser:
LIBP
 1,923 46.15% Walter C. McDonald

Service: 3 years 6 months 29 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,312 Votes: 3,880 Participation: 61.47% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
27		 Manitoba
14 December 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 37763(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
49
PC
 1/2 2,542 66.01% +1,233 Loser:
LIB
 1,309 33.99% Randal C. Douglas

Service: 3 years 6 months 8 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,211 Votes: 4,012 Participation: 64.60% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
28		 Manitoba
23 June 1966
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 13848(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
PC
 1/3 2,135 53.40% +855 Loser:
LIB
 1,280 32.02% Cam Johnston

Service: 3 years 1 day (Gov't)
Eligible: 8,215 Votes: 4,815 Participation: 58.61% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
29		 Manitoba
25 June 1969
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Minority
ID: 13908(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
56		 Successor:
SC
 1,981 41.30% Jacob M. (Jake) Froese

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Hamilton, William Homer		 12 Aug 2023
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Hamilton, William Homer		 12 Aug 2023
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
William Homer Hamilton (1913-1997)		 12 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
Homer Hamilton		 12 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 12 Aug 2023 11:26 (but data presented dynamically)

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