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♂ William P. Saunders
aliasWilliam P. Saunders
Record
55121 · 4424

United Church   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Newfoundland and Labrador 3 0 3
Birth 15 September 1912 → 111 years + 7 months ago
Lived ± 67 years
First mandate 19 November 1962 → 61 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 50 years + 2 months
Death c. 1980 → 44 years ago
Exit → Death ± 8 years + 1 month after 1 December 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
Newfoundland and Labrador 9 0 9 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Brendan O. Howard  m 
 
 
Eligible: 3,090 Votes: 1,999 Participation: 64.69% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
33		 Newfoundland and Labrador
19 November 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 26185(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
50
LIB
 1/2 1,127 56.92% +274 Loser:
PC
 853 43.08% Charles Bursey

Service: 3 years 9 months 19 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,242 Votes: 2,065 Participation: 63.70% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
34		 Newfoundland and Labrador
8 September 1966
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 14591(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
LIB
 1/3 1,363 66.62% +968 Loser:
PC
 395 19.31% Walter Hudson

Service: 5 years 1 month 19 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,321 Votes: 2,607 Participation: 78.50% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
35		 Newfoundland and Labrador
28 October 1971
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 14633(F) — 27 Feb 2022 14:15 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
59
LIB
 1/2 1,307 50.40% +21 Loser:
PC
 1,286 49.60% Brendan O. Howard
After his election:
1 Dec 1971 59
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Left provincial politics
Service: 1 month 3 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,321 Votes: 2,498 Participation: 75.22% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
36		 Newfoundland and Labrador
24 March 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14675(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
59		 Successor:
PC
 1,536 61.66% Brendan O. Howard

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
William P. Saunders		 15 Sep 2023
EN Wikipedia
William Penman Saunders		 15 Sep 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 15 Sep 2023 15:19 (but data presented dynamically)

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