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♂ William Alexander Thomson
aliasWilliam Alexander Thomson
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 2 1 3
Birth 7 November 1816 → 207 years + 5 months ago
Lived 61 years + 10 months
First mandate 23 November 1872 → 151 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 56 years
Death 1 October 1878 → 145 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 15 days after 16 September 1878
Special notes
None
 
William Alexander Thomson (1816–1878)
© Photo — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
Thomson was the Liberal MP for Welland from late 1872 to 1878. In 1863, he published an economic treatise that must have been a page turner. Its title was, "An essay on production, money, and government; in which the principle of a natural law is advanced and explained, whereby credit, debt, taxation, tariffs, and interest on money will be abolished; and national debt and the current expenses of government will be paid in gold."
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 5 9 21

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Angus Morrison  m 
 
 
Eligible: 728 Votes: 550 Participation: 75.55% Candidacies: 2
Federal
1		 Ontario
7 August 1867
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 17664(F) — 25 Nov 2023 09:08 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
50
LIB
 2/2 250 45.45% -50 Winner:
CONS
 300 54.55% Angus Morrison
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,019 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
2		 Ontario
23 November 1872
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
 LIB  5 Nov 1873
ID: 18677(F) — 25 Nov 2023 09:08 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
56
LIB
 1/2 1,539 50.98% +59 Loser:
IND
 1,480 49.02% Richard S. King
After his election:
5 Nov 1873 56
CONS
 →
LIB
 Change of government (became part of government)
Service: 1 year 1 month 29 days (Oppo. & Gov't)
Eligible: 4,409 Votes: 3,175 Participation: 72.01% Candidacies: 2
Federal
3		 Ontario
22 January 1874
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18820(F) — 25 Nov 2023 09:08 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
57
LIB
 1/2 1,682 52.98% +189 Loser:
IND
 1,493 47.02% E.W. Brookfield

Service: 4 years 7 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,451 Votes: 3,795 Participation: 69.62% Candidacies: 2
Federal
4		 Ontario
17 September 1878
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19106(F) — 28 Nov 2021 13:36 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
61		 Successor:
LC
 1,926 51.55% Christopher W. Bunting

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
William Alexander Thomson		 17 Mar 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
William Alexander Thomson, M.P.		 17 Mar 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
William Alexander Thomson, député		 17 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
William Alexander Thomson		 17 Mar 2024
FR Wikipédia
William Alexander Thomson		 17 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 17 Mar 2024 02:26 (but data presented dynamically)

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