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♂ William McDougall
aliasWilliam McDougall
Record
41128 · 4938

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 4 0 4
Birth c. 1831 → 193 years ago
Lived ± 55 years
First mandate 17 October 1868 → 155 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age ± 37 years
Death 3 March 1886 → 138 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 7 years + 3 months after 11 November 1878
Special notes
None
 
William McDougall (c.1831–1886) 200x323
© Photo 1875 — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ James B. Klock (1856–1927) Son-in-law
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 10 0 21

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Henri-Gédéon Malhiot  m 
 
 
Eligible: 561 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
1		 Québec
17 October 1868
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 18446(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
±37
CONS
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 3 years 9 months 2 days (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
2		 Québec
20 July 1872
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Minority
 LIB  5 Nov 1873
ID: 18655(F) — 25 Jun 2023 22:54 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±41
CONS
 1/1 By acclamation
After his election:
5 Nov 1873 ±42
CONS
 →
LIB
 Change of government (became part of opposition)
Service: 1 year 6 months 1 day (Gov't & Oppo.)
Eligible: 1,022 Votes: 577 Participation: 56.46% Candidacies: 2
Federal
3		 Québec
22 January 1874
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18891(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±43
CONS
 1/2 451 78.16% +325 Loser:
IND
 126 21.84% J.N. Bunan

Service: 4 years 7 months 25 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 1,388 Votes: 1,035 Participation: 74.57% Candidacies: 2
Federal
4		 Québec
17 September 1878
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19180(F) — 21 Jan 2022 20:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±47
CONS
 1/2 584 57.25% +148 Loser:
CONS
 436 42.75% Henri-Gédéon Malhiot
After his election:
11 Nov 1878 ±47
CONS
 →
Vac.
 To vacate the seat for someone else
Service: 1 month 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 1,388 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
4		 Québec
21 November 1878
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19603(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
±47		 Successor:
CONS
 Acclam. Hector-Louis Langevin

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
William McDougall, M.P.		 25 Nov 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
William McDougall, député		 25 Nov 2023
EN Wikipedia
William McDougall (Quebec politician)		 25 Nov 2023
FR Wikipédia
William McDougall		 25 Nov 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 25 Nov 2023 07:11 (but data presented dynamically)

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